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Enrollment
639
High
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOS PALOS ORO LOMA JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060003301258
Dos Palos High
1701 East Blossom St., Dos Palos, CA 93620 · (209) 392-0300 · Merced County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
19.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
566 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 171 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 173 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 144 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 151 | 24% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
37.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.9pp since 2014
Math
9.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 26.5% | 34.9% | 28.0% |
| Math | 2.3% | 6.8% | 18.2% | 72.7% |
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 | 37.1% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 7.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.6% | 10.9% |
| 2020-21 | 52.9% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 58.8% | 17.8% |
| 2017-18 | 55.1% | 12.1% |
| 2016-17 | 64.2% | 23.6% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Dos Palos High
Dos Palos High's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Palos High this school | 639 | 88.6% | 29.4% |
| Woodlake High Woodlake | 646 | 87.0% | 40.2% |
| Caruthers High Caruthers | 682 | 89.1% | 36.9% |
| Riverdale High Riverdale | 496 | 90.7% | 34.1% |
| Helen Bernstein High Hollywood | 703 | 93.2% | 22.9% |
| Le Grand High Le Grand | 484 | 87.2% | 34.0% |
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 Dos Palos High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #818 of 1,052 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #985 of 1,056 ▼ 192 | #12 of 13 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #931 of 1,056 ▼ 449 | #12 of 13 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #157 of 1,044 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #918 of 2,093 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #457 of 1,352 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #1,026 of 1,351 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #350 of 1,575 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #626 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
639
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 639 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 89% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 33.6 | 18.7:1 | 87% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 34.2 | 19.4:1 | 87% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 89% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 77% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 90% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | N/A | N/A | 71% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 25% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dos Palos High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (674 to 639); teachers up 3% (32 to 33).
About Dos Palos High
Dos Palos High is a small high school in Dos Palos, California, under Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 639 students. The typical figure for high schools in California is about 838 students.
Dos Palos High is part of a district of 5 schools: Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified, with 2,254 students.
Most students at Dos Palos High are Hispanic: 85% of enrollment. The remaining students are 9% White, 3% Black, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Merced County is about 63% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Dos Palos High comes in at 26%.
Teachers at the school number 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.4:1. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Merced County average 81%.
Dos Palos High is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Dos Palos High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.4% and a predicted 27.6%.
Merced County has these Census figures: median household income is about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The public schools of Merced County number 117 and enroll about 59,456.
The closest public school, Bernhard Marks Elementary, is about 0.4 miles from Dos Palos High. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Dos Palos High places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Dos Palos High is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal data show 650 students in 2020-21 and 639 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.0:1 to 19.4:1.
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Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified
- Dos Palos ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Bryant MiddleMiddle · 487 students
- Bernhard Marks ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Westside HighHigh · 71 students
- Westside Community Day Middle HighHigh
- Dos Palos Carver CenterElementary
Other schools in Dos Palos
- Dos Palos ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Bryant MiddleMiddle · 487 students
- Bernhard Marks ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Dos Palos Carver CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Bernhard Marks Elementary0.4 mi · 478
- Dos Palos Elementary0.4 mi · 579
- Bryant Middle1.0 mi · 487
- Westside High2.4 mi · 71
- Alview Elementary9.3 mi · 183
- Charleston Elementary11.3 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Dos Palos HighHow large is Dos Palos High?
Dos Palos High enrolls approximately 639 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Dos Palos High serve?
Dos Palos High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Dos Palos High?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Dos Palos High.
What is the student diversity at Dos Palos High?
Student demographics at Dos Palos High are roughly 9% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Dos Palos High public or private?
Dos Palos High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.