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Chesnut High (Continuation)

Public Grades 9-12

2053^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 5% of California high schools

Summary

Chesnut High (Continuation) is a very small, alternative public high school serving 35 students in grades 9–12 in Huron, CA, within the Coalinga-Huron Unified school district, which serves a high-need community.

The school is designed for students who have fallen behind and face significant challenges to graduation, and the data reflects this difficult mission. Academic proficiency is critically low, with nearly 0% of students meeting state standards in core subjects, and chronic absenteeism is an extreme problem at 82.7%, severely hindering learning. While the school has a low student-teacher ratio, graduation rates are unstable and the dropout rate is very high. Even compared to similar Cambridge High or Sunrise Continuation High, Chesnut's outcomes in attendance and graduation are often weaker.

This situation stands in stark contrast to some schools just 15-20 miles away, such as the highly-ranked Lemoore Middle College High or Lemoore High, highlighting a disparity in educational outcomes within the region. For Chesnut to improve, it likely needs targeted, systemic interventions to address the root causes of absenteeism and to strengthen academic support, potentially by learning from practices at other continuation schools that serve similar students with somewhat better results.

Students ?

10.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,177

Per pupil spending ?

88.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

16673 Palmer
Huron, CA 93234-1090

(559) 945-2066

District: Coalinga-Huron Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.3%

African American:

2.9%

Asian:

2.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2007 → 5th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (2% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (69% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school2%

District avg18%

California avg41%

2,053^rd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd 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	9.3	2053 of 2162	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.7	2135 of 2159	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	2056 of 2123	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	2058 of 2133	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.4	1991 of 2021	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.1	1758 of 1994	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	4.7	2096 of 2281	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	24.8	1629 of 2238	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	6.9	1942 of 2117	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.3	1902 of 2063	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	6.0	1815 of 1968	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	7.1	1756 of 1901	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	10.9	1616 of 1653	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	26.1	957 of 1085	11.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	6.5	1895 of 1906	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	1906 of 1915	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.0	1769 of 1900	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	1878 of 1902	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	1796 of 1861	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	1747 of 1814	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	1936 of 2013	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.7	2003 of 2026	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.3	1880 of 1943	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.9	1875 of 1937	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	1773 of 1942	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.9	1907 of 1948	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)12th percentile+11 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics3%-34 vs state

Science3%-29 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy0%-49 vs state

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Schools Near Chesnut High (Continuation)

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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
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
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
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
Adelante High	Public	9-12	701 General Petroleum St.	Kettleman City	93239	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-9081	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lemoore Online College Preparatory High	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	555 College Ave.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Online College Preparatory High District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 925-3524	141	9	15.2	58.9%	39 (27.7%)	3 (2.1%)	73 (51.8%)	8 (5.7%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	12 (8.5%)	24.1	1609^th of 2162 public high schools	25.6%		37.8	1299^th of 2159 public high schools	39.8%	310		7.1		7.1	42.9	42.9	4.8	4.8
Lemoore Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	555 College Ave.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Middle College High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 925-3552	255	14	18.3	39.6%	79 (31.0%)	6 (2.4%)	129 (50.6%)	22 (8.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)	94.4	109^th of 2162 public high schools	95.0%		95.9	88^th of 2159 public high schools	95.9%	21		70.2		70.2	86.0	86.0	49.1	49.1	$13,446	$2,689	$10,757

Frequently Asked Questions about Chesnut High (Continuation)

What district is Chesnut High (Continuation) in?

Coalinga-Huron Unified

Is Chesnut High (Continuation) a good school?

Chesnut High (Continuation) ranks in the bottom 5.0% of California high schools.

How many students attend Chesnut High (Continuation)?

In the 2024-25 school year, 35 students attended Chesnut High (Continuation).

What is the racial makeup of Chesnut High (Continuation)?

Students at Chesnut High (Continuation) are 94% Hispanic, 3% African American, 3% Asian.

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