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Lovell High

Public Grades 9-12

2097^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 3% of California high schools

Summary

Lovell High is a public high school located in Cutler, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 56 students. The school is part of the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District, which is ranked 943 out of 1,543 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lovell High consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in California, with statewide rankings between 1,263 and 2,103 out of over 2,000 high schools in recent years. The school's academic performance is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas, including English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 11.54% of Lovell High students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 44.6% in the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District and 48.81% statewide. Lovell High's performance is particularly concerning in Mathematics, with 0% of students proficient or better in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 29.05% in the district and 37.3% statewide.

Lovell High's four-year graduation rates have fluctuated between 86.2% and 94.9% in recent years, which is generally lower than the state and district averages. The school has also experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 12.7% to 64.1% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. In comparison, the nearby Orosi High School, which is also part of the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District, consistently outperforms Lovell High across academic, graduation, and attendance metrics.

Students ?

9.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$70,769

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12724 Avenue 392
Cutler, CA 93615-9769

(559) 528-4703

District: Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.1%

White:

1.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (4% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school4%

District avg33%

California avg41%

2,097^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 3%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2High Schools in the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified

943^rd of 1,543Cutler-Orosi Joint 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	8.5	2097 of 2162	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	2055 of 2159	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	2027 of 2170	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.1	2094 of 2123	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.0	1263 of 1290	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.0	2103 of 2133	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	1692 of 2017	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	8.3	2009 of 2021	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.5	1986 of 2039	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	7.8	1973 of 1994	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	10.2	2075 of 2426	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	8.1	2075 of 2354	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	9.6	2053 of 2367	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	12.8	1915 of 2281	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	20.1	1807 of 2238	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	15.8	1723 of 2117	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	15.9	1670 of 2063	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	13.4	1698 of 1968	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.2	1611 of 1901	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.7	1247 of 1653	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	27.0	979 of 1064	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	1039 of 1044	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	455 of 467	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	941 of 941	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	739 of 938	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.6	1848 of 1906	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	1623 of 1915	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	1847 of 1858	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.6	1044 of 1054	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.5	1830 of 1900	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	1782 of 1902	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	1767 of 1917	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	1836 of 1861	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	1785 of 1814	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	1684 of 1742	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.8	1933 of 2013	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	1922 of 2026	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	1861 of 2030	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	1907 of 1943	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.1	1096 of 1126	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.5	1899 of 1937	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	1802 of 1862	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	8.8	1928 of 1963	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.9	1096 of 1122	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	1868 of 1880	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.0	1491 of 1834	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2023)8th percentile~ school

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

Hispanic (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2023)2nd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy12%-37 vs state

Mathematics0%-37 vs state

Science0%-33 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 (2025)
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
Lovell High	Public	9-12	12724 Avenue 392	Cutler	93615	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4703	54	6	9.8	90.7%	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.5	2097^th of 2162 public high schools	3.0%		10.2	2055^th of 2159 public high schools	4.8%	42		0.0		0.0	11.5	11.5	0.0	0.0	$70,769	$63,022	$7,747
Cutler-Orosi Community Day	Public	7-12	12724 Ave. 392	Cutler	93615	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4703	7	1	6.4		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$79,890	$78,124	$1,766
Orosi High	Public	9-12	41815 Road 128	Orosi	93647	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-4731	1,108	58	19.2	96.0%	8 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1,057 (95.4%)	39 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45.3	1136^th of 2162 public high schools	47.5%		52.9	932^nd of 2159 public high schools	56.8%	204		20.5		20.7	57.5	57.5	16.4	16.4	$25,104	$22,314	$2,790
Tulare County Court	Public	7-12	11200 Avenue 368	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Tulare County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 735-1630	66	6	10.8	95.5%	5 (7.6%)	2 (3.0%)	55 (83.3%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (3.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9.1	2064^th of 2162 public high schools	4.5%		9.8	2086^th of 2159 public high schools	3.4%	22			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sierra Vista High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	8470 Avenue 406	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7240	77	7	10.3	83.1%	4 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.8	2126^th of 2162 public high schools	1.7%		9	2123^rd of 2159 public high schools	1.7%	3		0.0		1.7	7.7	7.7	0.0	0.0	$47,904	$46,332	$1,572
Dinuba High	Public	9-12	490 West Kamm Ave.	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7220	2,115	89	23.7	76.5%	99 (4.7%)	8 (0.4%)	1,953 (92.3%)	25 (1.2%)	22 (1.0%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	44	1168^th of 2162 public high schools	46.0%		54.7	885^th of 2159 public high schools	59.0%	283	14.2	13.9		13.9	65.5	65.5	21.9	21.9	$17,923	$16,134	$1,789
Kings Canyon Continuation	Public	9-12	10026 South Crawford Ave.	Dinuba	93618	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7390	141	15	9.6	94.3%	7 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	132 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	13.8	1844^th of 2162 public high schools	14.7%		16.7	1766^th of 2159 public high schools	18.2%	78		8.3		7.7	22.5	16.1	0.0	0.0	$28,596	$27,702	$894
Orange Cove High	Public	9-12	1700 Anchor Ave.	Orange Cove	93646	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 626-5900	635	34	18.5	91.2%	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	620 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	63.6	726^th of 2162 public high schools	66.4%		64.4	667^th of 2159 public high schools	69.1%	59		34.6		35.1	72.3	72.3	20.0	20.0	$25,348	$23,188	$2,160
Woodlake Community Day	Public	7-12	36220 Millwood Dr.	Woodlake	93286	Tulare County	Woodlake Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 564-8716	13	1	13.4	100.0%	2 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (76.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									$46,587	$45,504	$1,083
Golden West High	Public	9-12	1717 North McAuliff St.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7814	2,059	95	21.5	70.7%	259 (12.6%)	18 (0.9%)	1,585 (77.0%)	99 (4.8%)	9 (0.4%)	1 (0.0%)	88 (4.3%)	42.5	1199^th of 2162 public high schools	44.5%		37.7	1302^nd of 2159 public high schools	39.7%	103		24.1	5.9	23.4	52.8	52.8	12.2	12.2	$16,993	$15,386	$1,607

Frequently Asked Questions about Lovell High

What district is Lovell High in?

Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified

How many students attend Lovell High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 54 students attended Lovell High.

What is the racial makeup of Lovell High?

Students at Lovell High are 98% Hispanic, 2% White.

Is Lovell High a good school?

Lovell High ranks in the bottom 3.0% of California high schools.

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