Summary:
Coalinga High is a public high school in Coalinga, California, serving 1,266 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, which is ranked 1483 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Coalinga High faces significant challenges in academic performance, with standardized test scores well below the state average. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 36.47% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 55.73%. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 6.64%, compared to the state average of 27.9%. The school's performance on the California Science Test (CAST) is also low, with only 7.17% of 11th-grade students and 8.72% of 12th-grade students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 32.08% and 26.73%, respectively. Coalinga High's performance is consistently lower than the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District average, indicating that the school is underperforming compared to other schools in the district.
While Coalinga High's graduation rate has improved in recent years, from 83.7% in 2018-2019 to 89.2% in 2022-2023, it remains lower than the state average. The school's dropout rate has also decreased, from 12.2% in 2018-2019 to 7.7% in 2022-2023, but it is still higher than the state average. Additionally, Coalinga High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 16.2% in 2017-2018 to 35% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the state average. When compared to Avenal High, a school in a neighboring district, Coalinga High's performance is significantly lower, with Avenal High having higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and better academic achievement across various subjects.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Coalinga-Huron Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1628th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,892
Feeder schools for Coalinga High:
Student/teacher ratio: 20.6
Number of students: 1,232
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
85.5%
White:
9.3%
Asian:
2.0%
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African American:
1.5%
Two or more races:
1.4%
American Indian:
0.2%
Pacific Islander:
0.1%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86%
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