Coalinga High

Located at 750 Van Ness Ave., in Coalinga, California, Coalinga High is a middle-of-the-pack senior high that instructs 1,256 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Coalinga-Huron Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 50% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 11 schools in Coalinga-Huron Unified (4,406 students total), Coalinga High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Coalinga High shows that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Coalinga High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coalinga High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fresno County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Coalinga High is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

The closest other public school is Sunset Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coalinga High comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 16.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 1,144 students in 2018 compared to 1,256 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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