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Enrollment
1,439
High
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IMPERIAL UNIFIED·NCES 061821002243
Imperial High
517 West Barioni Blvd., Imperial, CA 92251 · (760) 355-3220 · Imperial County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,439 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C-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
23.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
676 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 374 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 362 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 360 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 343 | 24% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
60.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
24.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -22.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.4% | 36.9% | 18.0% | 21.6% |
| Math | 7.5% | 16.8% | 29.0% | 46.7% |
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 | 60.4% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 66.8% | 23.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 26.7% |
| 2020-21 | 60.5% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 75.0% | 36.1% |
| 2017-18 | 70.9% | 31.3% |
| 2016-17 | 70.7% | 35.7% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Imperial High
Imperial High's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial High this school | 1,439 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| Gilroy High Gilroy | 1,618 | 51.2% | 30.6% |
| Abraham Lincoln High San Jose | 1,590 | 56.2% | 35.7% |
| La Serna High Whittier | 2,372 | 58.4% | 57.6% |
| Live Oak High Morgan Hill | 1,101 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| Ernest Righetti High Santa Maria | 2,416 | 55.5% | 41.3% |
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 Imperial High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #474 of 1,052 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #556 of 1,056 ▲ 32 | #2 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #468 of 1,056 ▼ 86 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #198 of 1,044 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,439 | #593 of 2,093 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #1,001 of 1,352 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #1,094 of 1,351 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #1,205 of 1,575 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #76 of 327 | 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
1,439
+102 (+8%) vs 2020
+222% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 1,439 | 62.4 | 23.1:1 | 47% (676) |
| 2023-24 | 1,378 | 58 | 23.8:1 | 38% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 1,362 | 58.7 | 23.2:1 | 53% (723) |
| 2020-21 | 1,337 | 54 | 24.8:1 | 46% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 1,249 | 51.6 | 24.2:1 | 43% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 1,172 | 48 | 24.4:1 | 45% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 939 | N/A | N/A | 35% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 25% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imperial High.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,249 to 1,439); teachers up 21% (51.6 to 62.4).
About Imperial High
Imperial High is a large high school in Imperial, California, (ZIP code 92251). It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,439 students. It has 72% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
The Imperial Unified system has 6 schools and 4,794 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Imperial High is Hispanic, at 89%. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% White. Among Imperial County residents, the Hispanic share is about 86%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Imperial High scores 20%.
Based on 62.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Imperial High has a ratio of 23.1:1. The gap from the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is 4.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Imperial County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Imperial High lands at C, ahead of 30% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Imperial High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 42.0% actual against 52.0% predicted.
In Imperial County, home to about 180,202 people, median household income comes to about $57,681, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,513, Imperial High among them.
Ben Hulse Elementary is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Imperial High is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Imperial High is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment rose 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.8:1 to 23.1:1.
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Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Imperial Unified
- Frank M. Wright MiddleMiddle · 1,116 students
- Ben Hulse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Imperial Cross ElementaryElementary · 760 students
- T. L. Waggoner ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Imperial Ave. Holbrook HighHigh · 28 students
Other schools in Imperial
- Frank M. Wright MiddleMiddle · 1,116 students
- Ben Hulse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Imperial Cross ElementaryElementary · 760 students
- T. L. Waggoner ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Imperial Ave. Holbrook HighHigh · 28 students
Nearby schools
- Ben Hulse Elementary0.2 mi · 838
- Imperial Ave. Holbrook High0.3 mi · 28
- Frank M. Wright Middle0.5 mi · 1,116
- Imperial Cross Elementary1.8 mi · 760
- T. L. Waggoner Elementary2.0 mi · 613
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary3.0 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Imperial HighWhat is the total enrollment at Imperial High?
Imperial High enrolls approximately 1,439 students in grades 09-12.
Is Imperial High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Imperial High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Imperial High have?
Imperial High employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
How diverse is Imperial High?
Imperial High reports a student body of 8% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Imperial High?
Imperial High is overseen by Imperial Unified in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.