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Mendota High

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Mendota High ranks 955 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

955^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 56% of California high schools

Summary

Mendota High is a public high school located in Mendota, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,085 students. The school is part of the Mendota Unified School District, which is ranked 1031 out of 1543 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mendota High consistently performs better than the Mendota Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores, particularly in English Language Arts/Literacy. However, the school lags behind in mathematics, with only 20.26% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 19.49% for the district and 30.5% for the state. Mendota High has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 80.4% to 91.9% over the past few years, but has also experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 15.2% to 24.9% in recent years.

Compared to nearby schools, Mendota High performs better academically than the Mendota Continuation High and Mendota Community Day schools, which are both alternative schools within the same district. However, its performance is mixed when compared to other nearby high schools in different districts, such as Kerman High and Firebaugh High. Mendota High's per-student spending has increased over the years, reaching $14,380 in the 2023-2024 school year, but its student-teacher ratio of 22.5 in 2023-2024 is higher than the nearby Kerman High (20.5) and Firebaugh High (16.5), suggesting potential resource constraints.

1,065

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,380

Per pupil spending ?

97.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 Belmont Ave.
Mendota, CA 93640

(559) 655-1993

District: Mendota Unified

Feeder schools for Mendota High:

Elementary:	McCabe Elementary
	Mendota Elementary
	Washington Elementary
Middle:	Mendota Junior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

99.2%

White:

0.5%

Two or more races:

0.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 69th percentile in 2022 → 56th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Above the California median (56th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 69th-percentile peak (2022) to 56th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 17 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg28%

California avg41%

955^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 44%▲ up 22 pts since 2015

From bottom 33% (2015) to top 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1031^st of 1,543Mendota 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	53.7	955 of 2162	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.1	1166 of 2159	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.8	996 of 2170	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.7	659 of 2123	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	28.7	925 of 1290	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.3	1095 of 2133	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.7	1236 of 2017	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.8	1131 of 2021	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2016	38.9	1208 of 2039	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.6	1329 of 1994	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	38.6	1091 of 2426	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	38.9	1082 of 2354	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	45.9	892 of 2367	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2010	46.0	865 of 2281	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2009	39.2	1047 of 2238	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	40.6	899 of 2117	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	41.5	836 of 2063	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	24.6	1266 of 1968	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	26.4	1153 of 1901	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	21.6	1204 of 1653	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.4	877 of 1085	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	50.8	339 of 1064	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.4	413 of 1044	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.3	208 of 467	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.2	182 of 941	80.7%	★★★★☆
2018	57.9	228 of 938	75.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	939 of 1906	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.7	1104 of 1915	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.8	923 of 1915	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.4	631 of 1858	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	23.7	837 of 1054	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.6	832 of 1833	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.2	1164 of 1760	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	63.0	642 of 1900	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.5	871 of 1902	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.5	654 of 1917	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	74.1	356 of 1861	80.9%	★★★★☆
2019	53.5	790 of 1814	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.8	1018 of 1742	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.1	722 of 2013	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.2	985 of 2026	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.4	715 of 2030	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.9	402 of 1943	79.3%	★★★★☆
2021	34.9	765 of 1126	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.7	826 of 1937	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.6	1089 of 1862	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.7	795 of 1942	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.8	1061 of 1948	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.5	925 of 1963	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.2	622 of 1916	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.3	831 of 1122	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.3	928 of 1880	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.0	1195 of 1834	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.7	52 of 85	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	42 of 85	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.6	27 of 74	63.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	54.4	376 of 1197	68.6%	★★★☆☆

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)

Special Education (2023)69th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)66th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)64th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)59th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)51st percentile-5 vs school

Migrant (2025)39th percentile-17 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy66%+17 vs state

Science23%-10 vs state

Mathematics20%-17 vs state

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Schools Near Mendota High

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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 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	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
Mendota High	Public	9-12	1200 Belmont Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-1993	1,065	48	21.9	97.5%	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1,057 (99.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	53.7	955^th of 2162 public high schools	55.8%		43.1	1166^th of 2159 public high schools	46.0%	211		24.3	6.3	23.1		66.1	66.1		20.3	20.3	$14,380	$1,946	$12,434
Mendota Continuation High	Public	9-12	211 Smoot Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-4412	24	2	12.2	100.0%	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)											$33,224	$1,690	$31,534
Mendota Community Day	Public	7-12	241 Smoot Ave.	Mendota	93640	Fresno County	Mendota Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 655-4412	10	2	5.7	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)											$6,470	$1,220	$5,250
Firebaugh High	Public	9-12	1976 Morris Kyle Dr.	Firebaugh	93622	Fresno County	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 659-1415	673	36	18.6	84.2%	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	660 (98.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	52	992^nd of 2162 public high schools	54.1%		54.9	881^st of 2159 public high schools	59.2%	111		26.8		27.3		65.2	65.2		14.6	14.6	$21,262	$1,837	$19,425
El Puente High	Public	9-12	1666 Saipan Ave.	Firebaugh	93622	Fresno County	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 659-3899	18	2	10.7	88.9%	3 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)											$34,098	$853	$33,245
Tranquillity High	Public	9-12	6052 Juanche St.	Tranquillity	93668	Fresno County	Golden Plains Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 698-7205	370	26	14.4	98.4%	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	363 (98.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33.7	1405^th of 2162 public high schools	35.0%		17.5	1750^th of 2159 public high schools	18.9%	345		11.0		10.6		49.5	49.5		13.2	13.2	$18,709	$2,330	$16,379
Kerman High	Public	9-12	205 South First St.	Kerman	93630	Fresno County	Kerman Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 843-9700	1,493	69	21.5	86.8%	109 (7.3%)	5 (0.3%)	1,300 (87.1%)	66 (4.4%)	8 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.3%)	57.4	886^th of 2162 public high schools	59.0%		45.2	1119^th of 2159 public high schools	48.2%	233		31.8		31.4		57.4	57.4		23.1	23.1	$17,422	$1,050	$16,372
Enterprise High	Public	9-12	15405 Sunset Ave.	Kerman	93630	Fresno County	Kerman Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 843-9580	57	5	10.4	94.7%	3 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.7	1928^th of 2162 public high schools	10.8%		21.9	1655^th of 2159 public high schools	23.3%	273		4.0		4.0		20.8	20.8		0.0	0.0	$27,793	$2,859	$24,934
Ripperdan Community Day	Public	7-12	26133 Ave. 7	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-0059	49	7	6.8	98.0%	2 (4.1%)	4 (8.2%)	42 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	$50,707	$10,558	$40,149

Frequently Asked Questions about Mendota High

Is Mendota High a good school?

Mendota High ranks 955^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Mendota High?

Students at Mendota High are 99% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Mendota High?

Mendota High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : McCabe Elementary
Elementary : Mendota Elementary
Elementary : Washington Elementary
Middle : Mendota Junior High

How many students attend Mendota High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,065 students attended Mendota High.

What district is Mendota High in?

Mendota Unified

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