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Kings Lake Education Center

Public Grades 10-12

2008^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 7% of California high schools

Summary

Kings Lake Education Center is a very small public high school serving only 16 students in grades 10-12 within the Corcoran Joint Unified district, operating as an alternative education program for students facing significant academic and non-academic challenges.

The school is in severe academic distress, with near-zero proficiency rates in core subjects and a graduation rate of just 62.5%, which is far below the 95.5% rate at nearby Corcoran High. A critical issue is chronic absenteeism, affecting over two-thirds of students, which severely hinders learning. Despite having a very low student-teacher ratio and receiving nearly double the per-student funding of Corcoran High, these substantial resources have not translated into better academic outcomes for its highly disadvantaged student population.

This pattern is similar to other small alternative programs in the region, such as Tulare Technical Preparatory High and Countryside Community Day, which also struggle with high absenteeism and low rankings. The extreme performance gap with the high-achieving Corcoran High, located just a quarter-mile away, highlights the urgent need for transformative program evaluation and targeted interventions to address the fundamental barriers to student success at Kings Lake.

Students ?

8.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$29,593

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1128 South Dairy Ave.
Corcoran, CA 93212-1722

(559) 992-8885

District: Corcoran Joint Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

100.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2007 → 7th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (2% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (62% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school2%

District avg27%

California avg41%

2,008^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 5 pts since 2018

From bottom 12% (2018) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2High Schools in the Corcoran Joint Unified

1142^nd of 1,543Corcoran Joint Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	2008 of 2162	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	2152 of 2170	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.0	1768 of 2017	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.0	1884 of 2426	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	9.8	2019 of 2354	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	9.0	2071 of 2367	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	16.6	1761 of 2281	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	49.9	744 of 2238	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	6.0	1950 of 2117	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.3	1902 of 2063	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	8.6	1789 of 1968	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	7.1	1756 of 1901	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.2	1722 of 1900	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.4	1901 of 1917	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	1454 of 1742	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	1814 of 2013	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.0	2010 of 2030	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.0	1595 of 1862	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	8.5	1945 of 1963	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	1674 of 1834	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile~ school

Male (2023)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics8%-30 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy0%-49 vs state

Science0%-33 vs state

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Schools Near Kings Lake Education Center

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kings Lake Education Center	Public	10-12	1128 South Dairy Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8885	16	2	8.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.2	2008^th of 2162 public high schools	7.1%					(n/a)		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	7.7	$29,593	$8,251	$21,342
Mission Community Day	Public	6-12	1128 South Dairy Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8885	5	2	2.4		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$60,372	$6,327	$54,045
Corcoran High	Public	9-12	1100 Letts Ave.	Corcoran	93212	Kings County	Corcoran Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 992-8884	931	42	22.1	89.4%	30 (3.2%)	18 (1.9%)	868 (93.2%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	88.1	240^th of 2162 public high schools	88.9%		76.2	468^th of 2159 public high schools	78.3%	228		57.0		56.7	72.7	72.7	44.9	44.9	$16,357	$2,311	$14,046
Countryside Community Day	Public	9-12	1084 South Pratt St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-7384	24	3	8.7	91.7%	5 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (62.5%)	2 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$30,641	$1,638	$29,003
Tulare Technical Preparatory High	Public	9-12	737 West Bardsley Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-7400	35	4	9.2	97.1%	3 (8.6%)	2 (5.7%)	29 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)									$52,104	$10,723	$41,381
Tulare Western High	Public	9-12	824 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-8751	1,927	88	21.8	72.7%	224 (11.6%)	25 (1.3%)	1,579 (81.9%)	50 (2.6%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (1.9%)	56.3	901^st of 2162 public high schools	58.3%		55.2	875^th of 2159 public high schools	59.5%	26	20.3		15.0	20.0	64.7	64.7	27.0	27.0	$19,237	$2,160	$17,077
Sierra Vista Charter High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	351 North K St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 687-7384	166	11	14.9	79.5%	31 (18.7%)	1 (0.6%)	123 (74.1%)	9 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	27.7	1536^th of 2162 public high schools	29.0%		30.5	1479^th of 2159 public high schools	31.5%	57	10.0			11.6	41.3	41.3	7.9	7.9	$19,748	$1,759	$17,989
Tulare Union High	Public	9-12	755 East Tulare Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-4761	1,616	76	21.1	75.3%	202 (12.5%)	57 (3.5%)	1,288 (79.7%)	17 (1.1%)	12 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (2.2%)	55.4	927^th of 2162 public high schools	57.1%		49.2	1020^th of 2159 public high schools	52.8%	93	23.9		28.6	24.1	59.3	59.3	24.2	24.2	$20,709	$2,314	$18,395
Alpaugh -Senior High	Public	9-12	5313 Road 39	Alpaugh	93201	Tulare County	Alpaugh Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 949-8413	96	7	14.1	82.3%	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	21.5	1662^nd of 2162 public high schools	23.1%		41.1	1219^th of 2159 public high schools	43.5%	443					33.3	33.3	3.7	3.7	$13,560	$2,651	$10,909
Kings County Regional Occupational Program	Public	10-12	1144 West Lacey Blvd.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Kings County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 589-7038	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Kings Lake Education Center

How many students attend Kings Lake Education Center?

In the 2024-25 school year, 16 students attended Kings Lake Education Center.

What is the racial makeup of Kings Lake Education Center?

Students at Kings Lake Education Center are 100% Hispanic.

What district is Kings Lake Education Center in?

Corcoran Joint Unified

Is Kings Lake Education Center a good school?

Kings Lake Education Center ranks in the bottom 7.1% of California high schools.

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