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Enrollment
1,221
High
DISTRICT 1,001 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANO JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 061086001206
Delano High
1331 Cecil Ave., Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 720-4137 · Kern County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,221 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
20.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,133 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 323 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 294 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 316 | 26% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
62.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
26.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.7% | 33.1% | 26.0% | 11.2% |
| Math | 8.7% | 17.7% | 26.7% | 47.0% |
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 | 62.8% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 30.5% |
| 2022-23 | 65.3% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.2% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.3% | 27.6% |
| 2018-19 | 65.6% | 34.4% |
| 2017-18 | 69.5% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 70.7% | 33.2% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in California's top 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 Delano High
Delano High's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delano High this school | 1,221 | 92.8% | 46.1% |
| South El Monte High South El Monte | 1,125 | 92.3% | 35.4% |
| Mountain View High El Monte | 1,123 | 96.2% | 28.6% |
| Robert F. Kennedy High Delano | 1,394 | 89.3% | 48.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson Senior High Los Angeles | 1,260 | 94.0% | 41.6% |
| Los Amigos High Fountain Valley | 1,430 | 92.4% | 44.9% |
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 Delano High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #385 of 1,052 | #7 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #500 of 1,056 ▼ 132 | #9 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #404 of 1,056 ▼ 61 | #9 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #206 of 1,044 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,221 | #680 of 2,093 | #24 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #675 of 1,352 | #12 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #1,123 of 1,351 | #30 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #206 of 1,575 | #8 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #334 of 802 | #3 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
1,221
-52 (-4%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,972
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 1,221 | 58.5 | 20.9:1 | 93% (1,133) |
| 2023-24 | 1,225 | 57.8 | 21.2:1 | 94% (1,149) |
| 2022-23 | 1,290 | 57.3 | 22.5:1 | 92% (1,191) |
| 2020-21 | 1,273 | 58 | 21.9:1 | 91% (1,159) |
| 2017-18 | 1,414 | 63.4 | 22.3:1 | 94% (1,333) |
| 2015-16 | 1,589 | 65 | 24.4:1 | 88% (1,395) |
| 2010-11 | 1,700 | N/A | N/A | 84% (1,422) |
| 2000-01 | 3,005 | 142 | 21.2:1 | 64% (1,934) |
| 1990-91 | 1,972 | 85 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delano High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,414 to 1,221); teachers down 8% (63.4 to 58.5).
About Delano High
Delano High, a medium-sized high school, is located in Delano, California. A total of 1,221 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 46% above average.
Delano Joint Union High runs 4 schools with a combined 4,004 students. Delano High is one of them.
About 90% of the student body at Delano High is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 8% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kern County's population at about 57%. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 58.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Delano High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.9:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The lunch program counts 93% of students at Delano High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 17 points above the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
Delano High is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Delano High is 25.2%. It actually posts 46.1%, which is 20.9 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
In Kern County (population about 915,075), the median household income is $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Delano High is one of 279 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Delano High is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Delano High's location as Town: Distant.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,221, a 4% decrease from 1,273 in 2020-21. The ratio was 21.9:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Delano Joint Union High
- Robert F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,394 students
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- Valley HighHigh · 71 students
Other schools in Delano
- Wonderful College Prep AcademyCombined · 1,845 students
- Robert F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,394 students
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
- Cecil Avenue Math and Science AcademyMiddle · 585 students
Other Delano High schools
One other US public school is named Delano High. Delano High is the largest of the 2.
- Delano High SchoolDELANO, MN · 1,158 students
Nearby schools
- Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy0.2 mi · 585
- Princeton Street Elementary0.4 mi · 308
- Terrace Elementary0.4 mi · 363
- Valley High0.5 mi · 71
- Harvest Elementary0.7 mi · 365
- Del Vista Math and Science Academy0.8 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Delano HighHow large is Delano High?
Delano High enrolls approximately 1,221 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Delano High serve?
Delano High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delano High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delano High is approximately 20.9:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delano High?
At Delano High, the student body is approximately 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Delano High public or private?
Delano High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delano Joint Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.