High Schools in Kings Canyon Joint Unified

Kings Canyon Joint Unified has four high schools serving grades 9–12. In 2025–2026, their unweighted average was 73% in ELA, compared with 49% statewide; in science, it was 46% versus 36%, while the math average was 36% versus 38%. Results vary widely from school to school: the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools was 47 percentage points in math, 45 in science and 42 in ELA. The most important finding is that a districtwide average masks sharply different academic profiles, especially in math.

Reedley Middle College High led all three subjects, scoring 95% in ELA, 56% in math and 75% in science—46, 17 and 39 points above state results, respectively. Kings Canyon Continuation had the lowest math result at 8%, 30 points below the state, but its 53% ELA score was 4 points above it. Orange Cove High ranked second in ELA and science, at 73% and 50%, but its 34% math score was 5 points below the state. Reedley High was above the state in ELA and math, at 69% and 47%, but had the group’s lowest science result, 30%.

Group averages rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 10 points in ELA, 14 in math and 10 in science; the math shortfall versus the state narrowed from 15 points to 2. Gains were not universal: Reedley High’s ELA fell 3 points and science fell 6, while Kings Canyon Continuation made the largest gains, including 37 points in ELA. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 18 to 42 for Kings Canyon Continuation and from 69 to 78 for Orange Cove, while Reedley High fell from 81 to 72 and Reedley Middle College High from 98 to 97. Chronic absenteeism was 33% at Kings Canyon Continuation, compared with 1% at Reedley Middle College High, 5% at Reedley High and 8% at Orange Cove. All four report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 94% at Kings Canyon Continuation, 91% at Orange Cove, 80% at Reedley High and 71% at Reedley Middle College High. Student–teacher ratios ranged from 9.6:1 at Kings Canyon Continuation to 31.8:1 at Reedley Middle College High; these are context, not explanations for test results.