Maricopa High

Set in Maricopa, California, Maricopa High is a minimally staffed secondary school, overseen by Maricopa Unified. It enrolls 72 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Maricopa High sits 91% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Maricopa Unified (276 students total), Maricopa High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Maricopa High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder is composed of 42% White. That composition is broadly in line with Kern County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Maricopa High has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at Maricopa High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maricopa High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of +10.1 points.

Across the wider county, Kern County reports that median household income runs about $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Maricopa High is one.

The closest other public school is Maricopa Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Maricopa High. On composite proficiency, Maricopa High comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Maricopa High's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 72). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 33% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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