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Alumni: what's one memory from Los Banos High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,543
High
DISTRICT 1,117 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS BANOS UNIFIED·NCES 062274003481
Los Banos High
1966 11th St., Los Banos, CA 93635 · (209) 826-6033 · Merced County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,543 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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.
- CThree-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
21.2:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,211 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 437 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 365 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 389 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 23% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
46.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
13.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 32.1% | 24.4% | 28.9% |
| Math | 4.0% | 9.8% | 21.3% | 64.9% |
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 | 46.7% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 11.8% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 13.0% |
| 2018-19 | 47.7% | 16.9% |
| 2017-18 | 57.7% | 22.0% |
| 2016-17 | 54.1% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Los Banos High
Los Banos High's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Banos High this school | 1,543 | 78.5% | 29.9% |
| Shadow Hills High Indio | 1,650 | 80.1% | 29.8% |
| Lompoc High Lompoc | 1,593 | 76.7% | 22.3% |
| Reedley High Reedley | 1,804 | 80.1% | 58.1% |
| Hilltop Senior High Chula Vista | 1,771 | 77.4% | 41.8% |
| Coalinga High Coalinga | 1,256 | 80.3% | 22.4% |
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 Los Banos High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Merced County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #800 of 1,052 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #871 of 1,056 ▼ 85 | #9 of 13 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #768 of 1,056 ▲ 7 | #7 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #311 of 1,044 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,543 | #548 of 2,093 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #720 of 1,352 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #1,018 of 1,351 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #652 of 1,575 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #114 of 327 | #2 of 9 |
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
1,543
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 974
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,543 | 72.7 | 21.2:1 | 78% (1,211) |
| 2023-24 | 1,543 | 72.2 | 21.4:1 | 67% (1,027) |
| 2022-23 | 1,617 | 74.7 | 21.6:1 | 70% (1,134) |
| 2020-21 | 1,530 | 69 | 22.2:1 | 64% (973) |
| 2017-18 | 1,385 | 65 | 21.3:1 | 48% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 1,440 | 62 | 23.2:1 | 65% (940) |
| 2010-11 | 1,690 | N/A | N/A | 48% (812) |
| 2000-01 | 1,787 | 81 | 22.1:1 | 55% (978) |
| 1990-91 | 974 | 46 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Banos High.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,385 to 1,543); teachers up 12% (65 to 72.7).
About Los Banos High
Los Banos High is a large high school in Los Banos, California, under Los Banos Unified. The school's 1,543 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 84% higher than the average for high schools in California, which is about 838.
Los Banos High is one of 16 schools in Los Banos Unified, which enrolls 11,020 students in total.
Los Banos High enrolls a student body that is 84% Hispanic. The school is also 12% White. That is higher than the 63% Hispanic share among all Merced County residents. By the diversity index, Los Banos High comes in at 27%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.2:1, with 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, high schools in California average 18.2:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 78%. That is close to the 81% average for public schools in Merced County.
allk12 grades Los Banos High a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Los Banos High scores 29.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.5%.
In Merced County (population about 290,201), median household income is about $65,510, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 117 public schools operate in Merced County, serving about 59,456 students.
The closest other public school is Mercey Springs Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Los Banos High ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.9% against a local average of 24.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,530) to 2024-25 (1,543).
The Los Banos High community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Merced County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
290,201
Census ACS
Median income
$65,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
59,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Los Banos Unified
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Other schools in Los Banos
- Pacheco HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Los Banos Junior HighMiddle · 938 students
- Grasslands ElementaryElementary · 884 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- R. M. Miano ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Henry Miller ElementaryElementary · 676 students
Nearby schools
- Mercey Springs Elementary0.4 mi · 608
- Los Banos Elementary0.6 mi · 622
- Westside Union Elementary0.7 mi · 573
- Transitional Kindergarten Center1.1 mi · 166
- R. M. Miano Elementary1.1 mi · 778
- Los Banos Junior High1.1 mi · 938
Frequently asked questions
About Los Banos HighWhat is the total enrollment at Los Banos High?
Los Banos High enrolls approximately 1,543 students in grades 09-12.
Is Los Banos High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Los Banos High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Banos High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Los Banos High is approximately 21.2:1 (73 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Los Banos High?
Los Banos High reports a student body of 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Los Banos High in?
Los Banos High is part of Los Banos Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.