Miles W. Culwell Community Day

Miles W. Culwell Community Day is one of the rural-scale senior highs in Coalinga, California, run under Coalinga-Huron Unified, with 5 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 99% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 11 schools in Coalinga-Huron Unified (4,406 students total), Miles W. Culwell Community Day accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Miles W. Culwell Community Day logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 20% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 2.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Fresno County shows median household earnings sit near $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Miles W. Culwell Community Day is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Henry F. Bishop Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miles W. Culwell Community Day has rose 150%, going from 2 students in 2018 to 5 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 0% to 20% over that span.

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