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Le Grand High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Le Grand High
Located at 12961 East Le Grand Rd., in Le Grand, California, Le Grand High is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus that serves 484 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Le Grand Union High. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Le Grand High sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Le Grand Union High, which oversees 2 schools and 504 students, Le Grand High is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Le Grand High logs that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Le Grand High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 32.6%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Merced County indicate median household income runs about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Le Grand High is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).
Nearest neighbor: Granada High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Le Grand High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Le Grand High at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 32.1%.
Le Grand High operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.
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- Le Grand ElementaryElementary · 344 students
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