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Firebaugh High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Firebaugh High
Firebaugh High operates as a modestly sized high school in Firebaugh, California, one of the schools within Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified. Current enrollment sits at 673 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
Within Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 2,232 students, Firebaugh High is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Firebaugh High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, On paper, Firebaugh High has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Firebaugh High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 39.5%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) logs that median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Firebaugh High is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).
Nearest neighbor: El Puente High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Firebaugh High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.8%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Firebaugh High has showed little movement, going from 664 students in 2018 to 673 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Firebaugh High typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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