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Enrollment
1,498
High
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANFORD JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 061650002085
Hanford High
120 East Grangeville Blvd., Hanford, CA 93230 · (559) 583-5902 · Kings County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,498 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
23.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,252 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 410 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 362 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 380 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 23% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
57.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2014
Math
14.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.5% | 37.1% | 20.8% | 21.6% |
| Math | 3.6% | 11.0% | 23.0% | 62.4% |
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 | 57.6% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 12.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 16.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 11.8% |
| 2018-19 | 65.0% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 22.3% |
| 2016-17 | 65.8% | 23.8% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Hanford High
Hanford High's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanford High this school | 1,498 | 83.6% | 31.1% |
| Lakeside High Lake Elsinore | 1,687 | 84.9% | 28.1% |
| Arlington High Riverside | 1,920 | 80.9% | 35.9% |
| Vista Real Charter High Oxnard | 1,271 | 84.1% | N/A |
| Peter Johansen High Modesto | 2,029 | 81.9% | 30.1% |
| Escondido High Escondido | 1,656 | 82.7% | 40.4% |
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 Hanford High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #761 of 1,052 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #846 of 1,056 ▼ 5 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #525 of 1,056 ▲ 351 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #492 of 1,044 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,498 | #565 of 2,093 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #1,045 of 1,352 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #828 of 1,351 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #513 of 1,575 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #753 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
1,498
-79 (-5%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 2,256
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 1,498 | 63.9 | 23.4:1 | 84% (1,252) |
| 2023-24 | 1,494 | 64.4 | 23.2:1 | 86% (1,285) |
| 2022-23 | 1,549 | 64 | 24.2:1 | 80% (1,241) |
| 2020-21 | 1,577 | 62 | 25.4:1 | 69% (1,094) |
| 2017-18 | 1,523 | 61.5 | 24.8:1 | 66% (1,004) |
| 2015-16 | 1,480 | 58 | 25.5:1 | 62% (923) |
| 2010-11 | 1,645 | N/A | N/A | 41% (676) |
| 2000-01 | 2,068 | 98 | 21.1:1 | 12% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 2,256 | 99 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanford High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,523 to 1,498); teachers up 4% (61.5 to 63.9).
About Hanford High
Hanford High is a large high school with its address in Hanford, California. A federal count lists 1,498 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Hanford Joint Union High has 6 schools; together they serve 4,237 students.
At Hanford High, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. After that, the student body is 17% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Kings County is about 58% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 63.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hanford High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 23.4:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The lunch program counts 84% of students at Hanford High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Kings County average 74%.
Measured against California public high schools, Hanford High receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hanford High would score about 30.6%. It scores 31.1%, within a point of that figure.
Census estimates describe Kings County this way: the median household income is $70,995, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Kings County has 67 public schools and roughly 28,742 students.
Nearest public school: Hanford Community Day, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 46.0% on proficiency, and Hanford High is below that at 31.1%.
Hanford High is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,498, a 5% decrease from 1,577 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 23.4 students per teacher, compared with 25.4 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hanford High, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanford Joint Union High
- Hanford West HighHigh · 1,331 students
- Sierra Pacific HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Hanford Online CharterHigh · 137 students
- Earl F. Johnson High (Continuation)High · 50 students
- Hanford Community DayHigh · 38 students
Other schools in Hanford
- Hanford West HighHigh · 1,331 students
- Sierra Pacific HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Kings Valley Academy IICombined · 1,090 students
- Kings River-Hardwick ElementaryElementary · 860 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Frontier ElementaryElementary · 619 students
Other Hanford High schools
One other US public school is named Hanford High. Hanford High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hanford High SchoolRichland, WA · 1,959 students
Nearby schools
- Hanford Community Day0.1 mi · 38
- Earl F. Johnson High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 50
- Monroe Elementary0.6 mi · 611
- Jefferson Academy0.6 mi · 501
- George Washington Elementary0.7 mi · 460
- Lee Richmond Elementary0.9 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Hanford HighWhat is the total enrollment at Hanford High?
Hanford High enrolls approximately 1,498 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hanford High serve?
Hanford High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Hanford High?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Hanford High.
How diverse is Hanford High?
Hanford High reports a student body of 17% White, 75% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hanford High?
Hanford High is overseen by Hanford Joint Union High in Kings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.