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Enrollment
1,260
High
DISTRICT 643 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEHACHAPI UNIFIED·NCES 063888006529
Tehachapi High
801 South Dennison Rd., Tehachapi, CA 93561 · (661) 822-2130 · Kern County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,260 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- FBeats 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
22.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
504 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 332 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 317 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 290 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 321 | 25% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
45.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -12.8pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.7% | 25.5% | 27.6% | 27.2% |
| Math | 6.7% | 12.2% | 22.7% | 58.4% |
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 | 45.2% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.5% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 47.4% | 22.2% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 33.3% |
| 2018-19 | 58.8% | 24.0% |
| 2017-18 | 59.0% | 28.2% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 15.1% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tehachapi High
Tehachapi High's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehachapi High this school | 1,260 | 40.0% | 35.1% |
| Petaluma High Petaluma | 1,193 | 40.9% | 43.5% |
| San Luis Obispo High San Luis Obispo | 1,678 | 39.0% | 59.3% |
| Analy High Sebastopol | 1,473 | 40.9% | 49.1% |
| Atascadero High Atascadero | 1,157 | 44.9% | 41.3% |
| El Dorado High Placerville | 1,135 | 38.0% | 46.7% |
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 Tehachapi High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #658 of 1,052 | #16 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #708 of 1,056 ▼ 134 | #14 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #799 of 1,056 ▼ 259 | #23 of 34 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #218 of 1,044 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,260 | #658 of 2,093 | #23 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #940 of 1,352 | #19 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #565 of 1,351 | #16 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #1,288 of 1,575 | #36 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #709 of 802 | #11 of 14 |
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
1,260
+73 (+6%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 962
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 1,260 | 55.9 | 22.6:1 | 40% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 1,262 | 53.7 | 23.5:1 | 38% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 1,254 | 52.2 | 24.0:1 | 32% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 1,187 | 51 | 23.3:1 | 30% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 1,299 | 56.4 | 23.1:1 | 35% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 1,272 | 57 | 22.3:1 | 27% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 1,424 | N/A | N/A | 21% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 1,421 | 68 | 20.9:1 | 10% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 962 | 44 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tehachapi High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,299 to 1,260); teachers down 1% (56.4 to 55.9).
About Tehachapi High
Tehachapi High serves students in Tehachapi, California, as a high-enrollment high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,260 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Tehachapi High is run by Tehachapi Unified, whose 7 schools enroll 4,156 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Tehachapi High. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Kern County overall, about 44% of residents are White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Tehachapi High are from different groups.
Its staff includes 55.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.6 students per teacher. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Tehachapi High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 40%. It compares with 76% for public schools in Kern County.
Tehachapi High earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of California public high schools.
Tehachapi High is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.1% against a predicted 56.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Kern County show that median household income comes to about $70,210, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Monroe High (Continuation), is the closest to Tehachapi High. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. On proficiency, Tehachapi High is ahead of the 31.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Tehachapi High is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school grew from 1,187 students in 2020-21 to 1,260 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Tehachapi High community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tehachapi Unified
- Jacobsen MiddleMiddle · 925 students
- Golden Hills ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Tompkins ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Cummings Valley ElementaryElementary · 560 students
- Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademyElementary · 108 students
- Monroe High (Continuation)High · 25 students
Other schools in Tehachapi
- Jacobsen MiddleMiddle · 925 students
- Golden Hills ElementaryElementary · 663 students
- Tompkins ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- EPIC de Cesar ChavezHigh · 614 students
- Cummings Valley ElementaryElementary · 560 students
- Tehachapi Independent Learning AcademyElementary · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe High (Continuation)0.0 mi · 25
- Jacobsen Middle0.4 mi · 925
- Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy0.6 mi · 108
- Tompkins Elementary0.8 mi · 615
- EPIC de Cesar Chavez1.0 mi · 614
- Golden Hills Elementary3.2 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Tehachapi HighHow many students attend Tehachapi High?
Tehachapi High enrolls approximately 1,260 students in grades 09-12.
Is Tehachapi High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tehachapi High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Tehachapi High have?
Tehachapi High employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tehachapi High?
At Tehachapi High, the student body is approximately 57% White, 36% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Tehachapi High?
Tehachapi High is overseen by Tehachapi Unified in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.