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Enrollment
1,065
High
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENDOTA UNIFIED·NCES 060002200395
Mendota High
1200 Belmont Ave., Mendota, CA 93640 · (559) 655-1993 · Fresno County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,065 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
22.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
1,038 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 292 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 259 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 248 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 266 | 25% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
66.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +31.1pp since 2014
Math
20.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 31 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 32.2% | 16.3% | 17.6% |
| Math | 5.7% | 14.5% | 21.6% | 58.1% |
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 | 66.1% | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.7% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.2% | 24.4% |
| 2020-21 | 42.4% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 69.2% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 11.9% |
| 2016-17 | 51.9% | 15.8% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Mendota High
Mendota High's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendota High this school | 1,065 | 97.5% | 39.6% |
| Maywood Academy High Maywood | 1,012 | 96.7% | 29.7% |
| Parlier High Parlier | 901 | 94.9% | 19.1% |
| Orosi High Orosi | 1,108 | 96.0% | 37.1% |
| Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex Los Angeles | 1,031 | 94.2% | N/A |
| Avenal High Avenal | 762 | 95.7% | 21.9% |
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 Mendota High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #537 of 1,052 | #19 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #666 of 1,056 ▼ 44 | #21 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #333 of 1,056 ▲ 261 | #14 of 36 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #224 of 1,044 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,065 | #740 of 2,093 | #25 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #850 of 1,352 | #33 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.5% | #1,345 of 1,351 | #42 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #41 of 1,575 | #2 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #48 of 327 | #2 of 17 |
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
1,065
+112 (+12%) vs 2020
+94% since 2000-01, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
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 | 1,065 | 48.5 | 22.0:1 | 97% (1,038) |
| 2023-24 | 1,085 | 48.2 | 22.5:1 | 97% (1,057) |
| 2022-23 | 1,056 | 48 | 22.0:1 | 98% (1,037) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 43 | 22.2:1 | 97% (920) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 34.9 | 25.4:1 | 99% (878) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 35 | 24.1:1 | 96% (811) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | N/A | N/A | 85% (600) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 79% (435) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mendota High.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (885 to 1,065); teachers up 39% (34.9 to 48.5).
About Mendota High
Federal records list Mendota High as a high school in Mendota, California. It reports enrollment of 1,065 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 27% larger than the average for high schools in California.
Mendota Unified has a total of 7 schools and 3,977 students, Mendota High among them.
Hispanic students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Fresno County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 45 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 1, compared with 70 nationally.
Mendota High reports a ratio of 22.0 students per teacher, from 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 75% average for public schools in Fresno County is 22 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Mendota High lands at B, ahead of 63% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mendota High does better than predicted by 17.2 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.6%; the prediction is 22.4%.
The school's county is Fresno County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Mendota High shares Fresno County with 367 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Mendota Junior High, is the closest to Mendota High. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. On proficiency, Mendota High is ahead of the 31.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 5.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 112 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mendota Unified
- McCabe ElementaryElementary · 986 students
- Mendota ElementaryElementary · 857 students
- Mendota Junior HighMiddle · 612 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- Mendota Continuation HighHigh · 24 students
- Mendota Community DayHigh · 10 students
Other schools in Mendota
- McCabe ElementaryElementary · 986 students
- Mendota ElementaryElementary · 857 students
- Mendota Junior HighMiddle · 612 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 423 students
- Mendota Continuation HighHigh · 24 students
- Mendota Community DayHigh · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Mendota Junior High0.2 mi · 612
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 423
- Mendota Continuation High0.8 mi · 24
- Mendota Community Day0.8 mi · 10
- McCabe Elementary0.9 mi · 986
- Mendota Elementary1.3 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About Mendota HighHow many students attend Mendota High?
Mendota High enrolls approximately 1,065 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mendota High serve?
Mendota High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mendota High?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at Mendota High.
How diverse is Mendota High?
Mendota High reports a student body of 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mendota High in?
Mendota High is part of Mendota Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.