1
What's something Chowchilla Union High does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,017
High
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHOWCHILLA UNION HIGH·NCES 060855000852
Chowchilla Union High
805 Humboldt Ave., Chowchilla, CA 93610 · (559) 665-1331 · Madera County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,017 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
825 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 9 | 292 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 266 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 223 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 236 | 23% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
55.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.8pp since 2014
Math
14.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 39.6% | 25.4% | 18.9% |
| Math | 2.8% | 11.5% | 29.5% | 56.2% |
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 | 55.8% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 16.3% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 14.5% |
| 2020-21 | 43.3% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 44.4% | 18.1% |
| 2017-18 | 46.2% | 16.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.3% | 13.8% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Chowchilla Union High
Chowchilla Union High's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chowchilla Union High this school | 1,017 | 81.1% | 30.6% |
| Corning Union High Corning | 974 | 82.4% | 27.1% |
| Verdugo Hills Senior High Tujunga | 1,195 | 83.7% | 49.8% |
| Ocean View High Huntington Beach | 1,154 | 78.2% | 31.5% |
| Mar Vista Senior High Imperial Beach | 1,216 | 76.9% | 37.3% |
| Woodland Senior High Woodland | 1,155 | 76.6% | 30.9% |
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 Chowchilla Union High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #778 of 1,052 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #856 of 1,056 ▼ 138 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #561 of 1,056 ▲ 367 | #5 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #104 of 1,044 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,017 | #765 of 2,093 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #694 of 1,352 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #739 of 1,351 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #585 of 1,575 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #566 of 802 | N/A |
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
1,017
-56 (-5%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 1,017 | 48.3 | 21.0:1 | 81% (825) |
| 2023-24 | 1,067 | 46.8 | 22.8:1 | 83% (890) |
| 2022-23 | 1,078 | 47.5 | 22.7:1 | 84% (902) |
| 2020-21 | 1,073 | 47 | 22.8:1 | 75% (807) |
| 2017-18 | 1,090 | 48.7 | 22.4:1 | 68% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 1,066 | 45 | 23.7:1 | 69% (735) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | N/A | N/A | 64% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 836 | 39 | 21.4:1 | 50% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 33 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chowchilla Union High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,090 to 1,017); teachers down 1% (48.7 to 48.3).
About Chowchilla Union High
In Chowchilla, California, part of Madera County, Chowchilla Union High is a high school. It teaches 1,017 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Chowchilla Union High is its own local education agency in federal data.
The student body at Chowchilla Union High is 69% Hispanic. It is also 24% White and 3% Asian. Madera County's residents are about 61% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Chowchilla Union High comes to 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.0:1. The school's 21.0:1 compares with an average of 18.2:1 for high schools in California. On the income side, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madera County average a similar 81%.
On the allk12 Grade, Chowchilla Union High lands at C+, ahead of 39% of California public high schools.
Chowchilla Union High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.6% and a predicted 32.0%.
The school's county is Madera County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $76,627 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Chowchilla Union High shares Madera County with 80 other public schools.
Gateway High (Continuation) sits less than a tenth of a mile from Chowchilla Union High. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Chowchilla Union High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 56 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.8:1 to 21.0:1 over the same years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Chowchilla Union High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chowchilla Union High
- Gateway High (Continuation)High · 74 students
Other schools in Chowchilla
- Merle L. Fuller ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 470 students
- Fairmead ElementaryMiddle · 458 students
- Stephens ElementaryElementary · 217 students
- Dairyland ElementaryMiddle · 216 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway High (Continuation)0.0 mi · 74
- Wilson Middle0.3 mi · 470
- Stephens Elementary0.6 mi · 217
- Merle L. Fuller Elementary0.6 mi · 508
- Ronald Reagan Elementary1.6 mi · 490
- Fairmead Elementary4.4 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Chowchilla Union HighWhat is the total enrollment at Chowchilla Union High?
Chowchilla Union High enrolls approximately 1,017 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Chowchilla Union High serve?
Chowchilla Union High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Chowchilla Union High have?
Chowchilla Union High employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
How diverse is Chowchilla Union High?
Chowchilla Union High reports a student body of 24% White, 69% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Chowchilla Union High in?
Chowchilla Union High is part of Chowchilla Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.