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Enrollment
1,256
High
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COALINGA-HURON UNIFIED·NCES 060912000933
Coalinga High
750 Van Ness Ave., Coalinga, CA 93210 · (559) 935-7520 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,256 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,009 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 356 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 305 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 295 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 299 | 24% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
37.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -18.7pp since 2014
Math
9.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 24.2% | 25.8% | 36.9% |
| Math | 1.7% | 7.5% | 14.6% | 76.3% |
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 | 37.3% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 6.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 6.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.9% | 15.4% |
| 2020-21 | 41.1% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 58.2% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 49.8% | 16.7% |
| 2016-17 | 53.6% | 20.4% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Coalinga High
Coalinga High's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalinga High this school | 1,256 | 80.3% | 22.4% |
| Don Antonio Lugo High Chino | 1,256 | 82.2% | 43.1% |
| Castle Park Senior High Chula Vista | 1,363 | 82.3% | 33.0% |
| King City High King City | 1,199 | 82.2% | 39.5% |
| Shadow Hills High Indio | 1,650 | 80.1% | 29.8% |
| Los Banos High Los Banos | 1,543 | 78.5% | 29.9% |
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 Coalinga High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #967 of 1,052 | #33 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #983 of 1,056 ▲ 18 | #35 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #924 of 1,056 ▲ 1 | #34 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #70 of 1,044 | #5 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,256 | #663 of 2,093 | #21 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #561 of 1,352 | #21 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #1,045 of 1,351 | #32 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #603 of 1,575 | #30 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #131 of 327 | #6 of 17 |
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
1,256
+34 (+3%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,256 | 62.5 | 20.1:1 | 80% (1,009) |
| 2023-24 | 1,232 | 59.6 | 20.7:1 | 86% (1,060) |
| 2022-23 | 1,266 | 59.5 | 21.3:1 | 89% (1,132) |
| 2020-21 | 1,222 | 55 | 22.2:1 | 89% (1,089) |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 53.6 | 21.4:1 | 73% (837) |
| 2015-16 | 1,183 | 54 | 21.9:1 | 75% (886) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | 65% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 970 | 44 | 22.1:1 | 47% (452) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 28 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coalinga High.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (1,144 to 1,256); teachers up 17% (53.6 to 62.5).
About Coalinga High
In Coalinga, California, part of Fresno County, Coalinga High is a high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,256 students. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 50% larger than that mark.
Coalinga-Huron Unified, which runs Coalinga High, has 11 schools and 4,406 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Coalinga High is Hispanic, at 86%. The rest of enrollment is 9% White. Among all residents of Fresno County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. The diversity index for Coalinga High is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Coalinga High reports a ratio of 20.1 students per teacher, from 62.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Coalinga High lands at F, ahead of 3% of California public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.5% for Coalinga High. The school posts 22.4%, 10.1 points below the prediction.
The school is in Fresno County, where the median household earns about $74,201 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
Sunset Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Coalinga High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Coalinga High holds 7 other public schools. Coalinga High comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,256, up from 1,222 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 20.1 students per teacher, compared with 22.2 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Coalinga High community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coalinga-Huron Unified
- Huron ElementaryElementary · 723 students
- Coalinga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Henry F. Bishop ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Nell Dawson ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Huron MiddleMiddle · 344 students
Other schools in Coalinga
- Coalinga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Henry F. Bishop ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Nell Dawson ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Annie E. Cheney KindergartenElementary · 74 students
- Cambridge HighHigh · 48 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Elementary0.1 mi · 442
- Annie E. Cheney Kindergarten0.2 mi · 74
- Cambridge High0.2 mi · 48
- Nell Dawson Elementary0.2 mi · 405
- Henry F. Bishop Elementary0.4 mi · 412
- Miles W. Culwell Community Day0.4 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Coalinga HighHow large is Coalinga High?
Coalinga High enrolls approximately 1,256 students in grades 09-12.
Is Coalinga High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coalinga High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coalinga High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coalinga High is approximately 20.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coalinga High?
At Coalinga High, the student body is approximately 9% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Coalinga High public or private?
Coalinga High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coalinga-Huron Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.