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Coalinga High

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Coalinga High ranks 1601 st of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1601^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 26% of California high schools

Summary

Coalinga High is a public high school located in Coalinga, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,232 students. It is part of the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, which is ranked 1466 out of 1543 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Coalinga High's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly below the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 37.3% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 56.96%. In mathematics, the proficiency rate for 11th-grade students was just 9.17%, compared to the state average of 30.5%. The school's performance in science, as measured by the CAST exam, is also low, with only 10.88% of 11th-grade students and 0% of 12th-grade students scoring proficient or better. Coalinga High's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 84% to 88.1%, and the school's dropout rate has also been relatively high, ranging from 8.2% to 15.3% in recent years.

Coalinga High serves a high-need population, with 86.04% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools in the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, such as Chesnut High (Continuation) and Cambridge High, which also serve high-need populations. While Coalinga High's spending per student has increased over the years, this increased spending does not appear to have translated into significant improvements in academic performance.

1,256

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,789

Per pupil spending ?

80.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

750 Van Ness Ave.
Coalinga, CA 93210-1541

(559) 935-7520

District: Coalinga-Huron Unified

Feeder schools for Coalinga High:

Elementary:	Annie E. Cheney Kindergarten
	Henry F. Bishop Elementary
	Huron Elementary
	Nell Dawson Elementary
	More...
	Sunset Elementary
Middle:	Coalinga Middle
	Huron Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.4%

White:

9.0%

Asian:

1.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 51st percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓92% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg18%

California avg41%

1,601^st of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 25 pts since 2015

From top 49% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3High Schools in the Coalinga-Huron Unified

1466^th of 1,543Coalinga-Huron 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	24.8	1601 of 2162	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	1579 of 2159	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.9	1387 of 2170	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.2	1201 of 2123	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.0	867 of 1290	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.3	1204 of 2133	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.2	1049 of 2017	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.9	1004 of 2021	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	36.7	1243 of 2039	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2015	50.1	978 of 1994	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2013	29.2	1347 of 2426	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	29.2	1318 of 2354	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	30.1	1310 of 2367	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	25.1	1426 of 2281	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2009	35.4	1177 of 2238	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	34.4	1059 of 2117	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	41.1	848 of 2063	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2006	45.8	719 of 1968	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2005	38.5	844 of 1901	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2004	28.5	972 of 1653	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	24.2	1002 of 1161	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.9	399 of 555	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	870 of 1117	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.1	655 of 1052	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.0	794 of 1085	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.7	536 of 1064	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.7	829 of 1044	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.8	452 of 467	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	42.1	414 of 941	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	31.9	599 of 938	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	1442 of 1906	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	1463 of 1915	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	1361 of 1915	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.8	1155 of 1858	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	783 of 1054	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.1	1054 of 1833	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.9	907 of 1760	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	1404 of 1900	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	1398 of 1902	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.7	1143 of 1917	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.3	944 of 1861	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.5	1063 of 1814	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.6	853 of 1742	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	1501 of 2013	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	1486 of 2026	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.5	1246 of 2030	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.9	1100 of 1943	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.5	788 of 1126	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.2	1099 of 1937	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.4	980 of 1862	47.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	1474 of 1942	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	1462 of 1948	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.2	1211 of 1963	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.5	1091 of 1916	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.4	851 of 1122	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.0	1160 of 1880	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.9	1085 of 1834	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	1088 of 1252	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	1133 of 1216	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	1164 of 1197	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	1007 of 1155	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	955 of 1173	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	976 of 1193	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.4	787 of 1204	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.8	663 of 1222	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	794 of 1173	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)27th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

Male (2025)24th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)14th percentile-30 vs school

Special Education (2025)13th percentile-13 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Science10%-22 vs state

Mathematics9%-28 vs state

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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
Coalinga High	Public	9-12	750 Van Ness Ave.	Coalinga	93210	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 935-7520	1,256	63	20.0	80.3%	113 (9.0%)	18 (1.4%)	1,085 (86.4%)	24 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.0%)	24.8	1601^st of 2162 public high schools	25.9%		25.2	1579^th of 2159 public high schools	26.9%	22		10.9	0.0	10.4	37.3	37.3	9.2	9.2	$21,789	$2,887	$18,902
Cambridge High	Public	9-12	516 Baker St.	Coalinga	93210	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 935-7565	48	5	8.7	83.3%	4 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (87.5%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	8.8	2074^th of 2162 public high schools	4.1%		9.2	2111^th of 2159 public high schools	2.2%	37		0.0		0.0	13.3	13.3	0.0	0.0	$12,397	$2,522	$9,875
Miles W. Culwell Community Day	Public	7-12	275 Cambridge Ave.	Coalinga	93210	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 935-7644	5	2	2.7		1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$10,878	$2,286	$8,592
Chesnut High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	16673 Palmer	Huron	93234	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 945-2066	35	3	10.1	88.6%	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)	33 (94.3%)	1 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.3	2053^rd of 2162 public high schools	5.0%		8.7	2135^th of 2159 public high schools	1.1%	82		3.5		3.2	0.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	$21,177	$2,672	$18,505
Avenal High	Public	9-12	601 Mariposa St.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-5253	762	30	25.6	95.7%	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	745 (97.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.4	1515^th of 2162 public high schools	29.9%		23.9	1603^rd of 2159 public high schools	25.8%	88	10.8			10.4	39.1	39.1	13.0	13.0	$18,631	$2,144	$16,487
Sunrise Continuation High	Public	9-12	209 North Park Ave.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-4162	14	3	4.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7	2148^th of 2162 public high schools	0.6%					(n/a)					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	$38,638	$1,760	$36,878
Reef-Sunset Secondary Community Day	Public	6-12	861 Monterey St.	Avenal	93204	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-0460	7	1	7.2		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$26,269	$1,563	$24,706

Frequently Asked Questions about Coalinga High

What district is Coalinga High in?

Coalinga-Huron Unified

Is Coalinga High a good school?

Coalinga High ranks 1601^st of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Coalinga High?

Students at Coalinga High are 86% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Asian, 1% African American, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Coalinga High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,256 students attended Coalinga High.

What schools feed into Coalinga High?

Coalinga High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Annie E. Cheney Kindergarten
Elementary : Henry F. Bishop Elementary
Elementary : Huron Elementary
Elementary : Nell Dawson Elementary
Elementary : Sunset Elementary
Middle : Coalinga Middle
Middle : Huron Middle

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