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Parlier High

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Parlier High ranks 1599 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1599^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 26% of California high schools

Summary

Parlier High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 with 901 students in the Parlier Unified district, which ranks in the bottom 7% of all districts in California.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English (32.6%), Math (13.4%), and Science (10.4%) that are much lower than nearby comprehensive high schools like Sanger High and Reedley High. Its statewide ranking has declined over the past decade to the 26th percentile. However, Parlier High demonstrates a notable strength in its 93.5% graduation rate, which exceeds the state average and is comparable to higher-performing schools, suggesting effective systems for keeping students on track to graduate.

The school serves a community with high economic need, and it contends with a chronic absenteeism rate (21.2%) higher than the state average. While it has a favorable student-teacher ratio compared to peers, this has not translated to stronger academic results. Compared to nearby continuation schools, Parlier High performs better for its comprehensive student body, but its performance is constrained by its district context, as schools in higher-ranked districts like Sanger Unified and Kings Canyon Joint Unified show significantly better outcomes with similar student populations.

901

Students ?

18.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

94.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

603 Third St.
Parlier, CA 93648-2028

(559) 646-3573

District: Parlier Unified

Feeder schools for Parlier High:

Elementary:	Cesar E Chavez Elementary
	John C Martinez Elementary
	Mathew J Brletic Elementary
	S Ben Benavidez Elementary
Middle:	Parlier Junior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.4%

White:

0.6%

American Indian:

0.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

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

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg18%

California avg41%

1,599^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Parlier Unified

1434^th of 1,543Parlier 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	1599 of 2162	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	1687 of 2159	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	1534 of 2170	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	1663 of 2123	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	1042 of 1290	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.5	1561 of 2133	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	1369 of 2017	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	31.0	1364 of 2021	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	29.2	1374 of 2039	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	34.9	1270 of 1994	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	32.0	1262 of 2426	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	32.7	1240 of 2354	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	30.9	1286 of 2367	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	31.7	1231 of 2281	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	30.8	1353 of 2238	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	22.4	1438 of 2117	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	23.3	1357 of 2063	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	21.9	1340 of 1968	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	18.0	1468 of 1901	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.5	1294 of 1653	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	19.3	1121 of 1161	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	1084 of 1117	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	970 of 1052	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.5	874 of 1085	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.3	552 of 1064	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.1	765 of 1044	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.8	255 of 467	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.4	653 of 941	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.1	674 of 938	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	1493 of 1906	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	1575 of 1915	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	1488 of 1915	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1606 of 1858	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	940 of 1054	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	1460 of 1833	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	1357 of 1760	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	1355 of 1900	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	1446 of 1902	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	1315 of 1917	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.0	1458 of 1861	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	1337 of 1814	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.7	1161 of 1742	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.4	1450 of 2013	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	1522 of 2026	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1388 of 2030	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.5	1518 of 1943	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.0	913 of 1126	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	1411 of 1937	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.5	1228 of 1862	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.4	1440 of 1942	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	1508 of 1948	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	1340 of 1963	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.2	1453 of 1916	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	916 of 1122	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	1425 of 1880	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.6	1202 of 1834	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.3	48 of 85	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.4	75 of 85	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	1014 of 1252	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	1143 of 1216	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	1080 of 1197	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Migrant (2025)44th percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile~ school

Male (2025)26th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)19th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)3rd percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Mathematics13%-24 vs state

Science10%-22 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 11th 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
Parlier High	Public	9-12	603 Third St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3573	901	48	18.9	94.9%	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	887 (98.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.8	1599^th of 2162 public high schools	26.0%		20.7	1687^th of 2159 public high schools	21.9%	88	10.3	10.4	32.6	32.6	13.4	13.4
San Joaquin Valley High	Public	7-12	900 Newmark Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2723	50	5	10.9	94.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.4	2044^th of 2162 public high schools	5.5%		10.2	2057^th of 2159 public high schools	4.7%	13	0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0
Reedley Middle College High	Public, Charter	9-12	1535 North Reed Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7050	255	8	31.8	71.0%	40 (15.7%)	2 (0.8%)	205 (80.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	86.6	272^nd of 2162 public high schools	87.4%		98	41^st of 2159 public high schools	98.1%	231	65.2	65.2	89.4	89.4	31.8	31.8	$24,057	$23,268	$789
Reedley High	Public	9-12	740 West North Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7100	1,804	76	23.5	80.1%	147 (8.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1,588 (88.0%)	21 (1.2%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (2.2%)	77.6	454^th of 2162 public high schools	79.0%		80.2	410^th of 2159 public high schools	81.0%	44	36.9	36.3	72.0	72.0	38.5	38.5	$20,475	$18,644	$1,831
Valley Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	310 West Myrtle Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Valley Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 876-2122	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Selma High	Public	9-12	3125 Wright St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6550	1,721	88	19.4	90.1%	69 (4.0%)	5 (0.3%)	1,580 (91.8%)	59 (3.4%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	48.1	1071^st of 2162 public high schools	50.5%		55.5	866^th of 2159 public high schools	59.9%	205	19.0	19.0	55.2	55.2	23.8	23.8	$17,808	$16,962	$846
Heartland High (Continuation)	Public	7-12	2269 Sylvia St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6670	105	7	15.2	95.2%	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	99 (94.3%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.4	1757^th of 2162 public high schools	18.7%		9.5	2101^st of 2159 public high schools	2.7%	344	3.8	3.5	30.2	30.2	3.8	3.8	$43,920	$42,624	$1,296
Selma Independent	Public	7-12	2269 Sylvia St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6670	72	4	17.7	93.1%	7 (9.7%)	1 (1.4%)	62 (86.1%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	10.9	1971^st of 2162 public high schools	8.8%		11.2	1991^st of 2159 public high schools	7.8%	20	4.0	3.3	11.1	8.6	3.7	2.9	$5,057	$4,670	$387
STRIVE Academy	Public	7-12	1420 2Nd St.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6720	9	1	8.8	66.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$854	$380	$474
Community Day	Public	7-12	818 L St.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-6630	34	7	5.0	85.3%	2 (5.9%)	1 (2.9%)	30 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)							$85,971	$84,126	$1,845

Frequently Asked Questions about Parlier High

Is Parlier High a good school?

Parlier High ranks 1599^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Parlier High in?

Parlier Unified

What schools feed into Parlier High?

Parlier High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cesar E Chavez Elementary
Elementary : John C Martinez Elementary
Elementary : Mathew J Brletic Elementary
Elementary : S Ben Benavidez Elementary
Middle : Parlier Junior High

How many students attend Parlier High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 901 students attended Parlier High.

What is the racial makeup of Parlier High?

Students at Parlier High are 98% Hispanic.

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