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Enrollment
1,493
High
DISTRICT 775 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KERMAN UNIFIED·NCES 061949008866
Kerman High
205 South First St., Kerman, CA 93630 · (559) 843-9700 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,493 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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.
- 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
21.5:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,296 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 | 399 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 380 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 364 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 350 | 23% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
23.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.5% | 33.9% | 23.8% | 18.8% |
| Math | 7.1% | 16.0% | 26.6% | 50.3% |
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 | 57.4% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 64.4% | 18.2% |
| 2021-22 | 51.2% | 15.9% |
| 2020-21 | 49.3% | 16.5% |
| 2018-19 | 58.6% | 22.7% |
| 2017-18 | 62.9% | 22.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.6% | 15.8% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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%.
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 Kerman High
Kerman High's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerman High this school | 1,493 | 86.8% | 37.7% |
| Orange High Orange | 1,728 | 86.9% | 23.4% |
| Southwest Senior High San Diego | 1,563 | 84.4% | 31.6% |
| Benjamin Franklin Senior High Los Angeles | 1,284 | 87.4% | 24.2% |
| Rancho San Juan High Salinas | 1,600 | 84.1% | 35.5% |
| Vista High Vista | 1,746 | 84.7% | 27.5% |
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 Kerman High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #588 of 1,052 | #23 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #591 of 1,056 ▲ 200 | #17 of 36 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #529 of 1,056 ▼ 29 | #20 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #277 of 1,044 | #15 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,493 | #570 of 2,093 | #19 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #767 of 1,352 | #31 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #1,053 of 1,351 | #33 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #416 of 1,575 | #21 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #259 of 327 | #12 of 17 |
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
1,493
-145 (-9%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,310
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 1,493 | 69.4 | 21.5:1 | 87% (1,296) |
| 2023-24 | 1,480 | 72.1 | 20.5:1 | 86% (1,273) |
| 2022-23 | 1,540 | 72.4 | 21.3:1 | 84% (1,300) |
| 2020-21 | 1,638 | 67 | 24.4:1 | 92% (1,499) |
| 2017-18 | 1,458 | 57.1 | 25.5:1 | 78% (1,134) |
| 2015-16 | 1,395 | 57 | 24.5:1 | 85% (1,180) |
| 2010-11 | 1,229 | N/A | N/A | 66% (806) |
| 2000-01 | 1,021 | 45 | 22.7:1 | 56% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 1,310 | 30 | 43.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kerman High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,458 to 1,493); teachers up 22% (57.1 to 69.4).
About Kerman High
Among the schools in Kerman, California, is Kerman High, a high-enrollment high school. Total enrollment is 1,493 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 78% bigger than the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Kerman High reports to Kerman Unified, which has 9 schools and 5,272 students.
By race and ethnicity, Kerman High is 87% Hispanic. Other groups make up 7% White and 4% Asian. Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 21.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Kerman High, which has 69.4. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 87%. Public schools in Fresno County average 75%.
Kerman High holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of California public high schools.
Kerman High scores 37.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.7%.
The county, Fresno County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $74,201 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Fresno County has 368 public schools with about 206,072 students, including Kerman High.
Enterprise High is about 0.2 miles from Kerman High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Kerman High places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Kerman High in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,493, compared with 1,638 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.4:1 to 21.5:1.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kerman Unified
- Kerman MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Goldenrod ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Kerman-Floyd ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Harvest ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Sun Empire ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Kerman
- Kerman MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Goldenrod ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Kerman-Floyd ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Harvest ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Sun Empire ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Enterprise High0.2 mi · 57
- Harvest Elementary0.4 mi · 535
- Kerman Middle0.5 mi · 810
- Kerman-Floyd Elementary0.8 mi · 567
- Kerman Unified Online0.8 mi · 140
- Liberty Elementary0.9 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Kerman HighHow many students attend Kerman High?
Kerman High enrolls approximately 1,493 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Kerman High serve?
Kerman High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kerman High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kerman High is approximately 21.5:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kerman High?
At Kerman High, the student body is approximately 7% White, 87% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Kerman High?
Kerman High is overseen by Kerman Unified in Fresno County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.