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Kingsburg High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Kingsburg High
Set in Kingsburg, California, Kingsburg High is a middle-of-the-pack senior high, run under Kingsburg Joint Union High. It enrolls 1,073 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.
Kingsburg Joint Union High runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,199 students. Kingsburg High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Kingsburg High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 30% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Kingsburg High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kingsburg High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fresno County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kingsburg High is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).
Nearest neighbor: Oasis Continuation High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,071 students in 2018 compared to 1,073 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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Related schools
- Kingsburg Independent Study HighHigh · 67 students
- Oasis Continuation HighHigh · 59 students
- Ronald W. Reagan ElementaryMiddle · 619 students
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- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Kings River ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 285 students
- Clay ElementaryElementary · 246 students
- Oasis Continuation High0.3 mi · 59
- Kingsburg Independent Study High0.3 mi · 67
- Washington Elementary0.4 mi · 285
- Lincoln Elementary0.5 mi · 442
- Rafer Johnson Junior High0.6 mi · 447
- Roosevelt Elementary0.8 mi · 186