McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)

McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) is one of the very small secondary schools in Boron, California, run under Muroc Joint Unified, with 23 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 838.

Muroc Joint Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,803 students; McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) is among them.

On the student-mix side, McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) reports that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 39% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) records 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 153.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) is one.

Nearest neighbor: Boron Junior-Senior High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation) operates from a small-town location.

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