Coalinga Middle

Coalinga Middle is a junior high of mid-tier scale in Coalinga, California, part of Coalinga-Huron Unified, enrolling 662 students in grades 6 through 8.

Coalinga-Huron Unified comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,406 students; Coalinga Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Coalinga Middle lists that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 11% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Coalinga Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.3%; this one comes in at 12.1%, -20.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Coalinga Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Miles W. Culwell Community Day, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coalinga Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.0%.

Coalinga Middle operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coalinga Middle has grew 3%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 79% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.