Summary:
The Hanford Joint Union High district serves grades 9-12 across six schools in California's Central Valley, with a total enrollment of over 4,200 students, featuring traditional, charter, and alternative education models.
Among the traditional schools, Sierra Pacific High stands out as the top performer, earning a 4-star rating with the highest test scores in English, math, and science, and the lowest chronic absenteeism. Hanford High and Hanford West High are comparable comprehensive schools, both achieving graduation rates near 98%, which is significantly above the state average. However, the district faces a major challenge in mathematics, where even the highest-performing school scores below the state average.
The alternative schools, including Hanford Online Charter and Earl F. Johnson High (Continuation), receive more funding per student and have smaller class sizes but show much lower academic proficiency and higher absenteeism. The online charter, in particular, shows very low math proficiency. Despite the academic struggles in some schools, the district as a whole excels at helping students graduate, with a remarkably low dropout rate.
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