Enrollment
253
High
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUROC JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062649003994
Boron Junior-Senior High
26831 Prospect St., Boron, CA 93516 · (760) 762-5121 · Kern County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 60.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
152 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 17% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
22.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 18.3% | 22.5% | 52.5% |
| Math | 5.1% | 16.9% | 19.5% | 58.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.6% | 10.7% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.9% | 10.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.7% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 23.3% | 16.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 17.9% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Boron Junior-Senior High
Boron Junior-Senior High's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boron Junior-Senior High this school | 253 | 60.1% | 18.7% |
| Silver Valley High Yermo | 392 | 65.1% | 50.0% |
| CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing Van Nuys | 424 | 59.9% | N/A |
| George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science Sacramento | 174 | 50.6% | 27.9% |
| Ernest Kimme Charter Academy Vacaville | 194 | 63.4% | 11.6% |
| Weed High Weed | 187 | 59.9% | 29.7% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Boron Junior-Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #1,010 of 1,052 | #32 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #615 of 1,056 ▲ 247 | #11 of 34 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,021 of 1,056 ▲ 22 | #32 of 34 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #160 of 1,044 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #1,278 of 2,093 | #35 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #35 of 1,352 | #2 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #263 of 1,351 | #7 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #1,040 of 1,575 | #31 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #673 of 802 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
253
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 253 | 20.1 | 12.6:1 | 60% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 18.9 | 12.9:1 | 55% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 16.1 | 15.5:1 | 57% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 58% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 16.5 | 15.9:1 | 60% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | 65% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | N/A | N/A | 53% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 25% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 20 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boron Junior-Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (263 to 253); teachers up 22% (16.5 to 20.1).
About Boron Junior-Senior High
Students in Boron, California, attend Boron Junior-Senior High, a small high school. It educates 253 students in grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in California is about 838 students.
Muroc Joint Unified runs Boron Junior-Senior High along with 5 other schools, enrolling 1,803 students in total.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Boron Junior-Senior High, 44% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 38% White, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. Boron Junior-Senior High has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Boron Junior-Senior High is 20.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.6:1. Among high schools in California, the typical ratio is 18.2:1. The school counts 152 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 60%. For comparison, public schools in Kern County average 76%.
allk12 grades Boron Junior-Senior High a D. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Boron Junior-Senior High in the bottom 10% of California schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 25.6 points below it (18.7% actual, 44.3% predicted).
Kern County has about 915,075 residents, and median household income is about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kern County number 279 and enroll about 197,431.
The closest public school, McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation), is less than a tenth of a mile from Boron Junior-Senior High. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Boron Junior-Senior High is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Boron Junior-Senior High's location as Rural: Remote.
Federal counts put enrollment at 246 in 2020-21 and 253 in 2024-25, a 3% increase. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 12.6:1.
Discussions about Boron Junior-Senior High may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muroc Joint Unified
- Desert Junior-Senior HighHigh · 497 students
- Irving L. Branch ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- William A. Bailey ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- West Boron ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)High · 23 students
Other schools in Boron
- West Boron ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)High · 23 students
Nearby schools
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)0.1 mi · 23
- West Boron Elementary2.2 mi · 276
- William A. Bailey Elementary17.0 mi · 366
- Irving L. Branch Elementary17.1 mi · 388
- Desert Junior-Senior High17.3 mi · 497
- California City Middle18.5 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Boron Junior-Senior HighHow many students attend Boron Junior-Senior High?
Boron Junior-Senior High enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Boron Junior-Senior High serve?
Boron Junior-Senior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boron Junior-Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boron Junior-Senior High is approximately 12.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Boron Junior-Senior High?
Student demographics at Boron Junior-Senior High are roughly 38% White, 44% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Boron Junior-Senior High in?
Boron Junior-Senior High is part of Muroc Joint Unified.
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