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High Schools in Cuyama Joint Unified

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Summary:

The Cuyama Joint Unified school district in California is home to a single high school, Cuyama Valley High, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance and metrics reveal some areas of concern, particularly in academic achievement and student engagement.

Cuyama Valley High has a statewide school rank that has fluctuated between 1204 and 1492 out of 2309-2348 California high schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 86.4% is slightly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 8.9% is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.4% is significantly higher than the state average, which could indicate underlying issues affecting student engagement.

Academically, Cuyama Valley High struggles to meet state standards. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 13.33% of 12th-grade students were proficient or better in CAST/Science, compared to the state average of 28.02%. Similarly, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 46.67% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy, and just 6.67% were proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/Mathematics, both well below the state averages. These academic challenges may be exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students (84.13%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantages within the student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				CAST Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sierra Madre High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	4500 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	Cuyama Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 766-2293	2	1	3.9		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			$55,719	$50,094	$5,625
Cuyama Valley High	Public	9-12	4500 Highway 166	New Cuyama	93254	Santa Barbara County	Cuyama Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 766-2293	55	5	12.0	81.8%	10 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)								(n/a)	13.3	13.3	$40,111	$39,650	$461

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
State Board Of Education - Olive Grove Charter	0.06 mi	1
Blue Ridge Academy District	17.14 mi	1
Maricopa Unified	17.14 mi	6	1358^th
Heartland Charter District	17.15 mi	1
Midway Elementary	17.45 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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