Summary:
Zip code 93210 has eight schools in Coalinga-Huron Unified: four elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools, serving children from kindergarten through high school. Henry F. Bishop Elementary and Annie E. Cheney Kindergarten have no test scores supplied. Among schools with reported 2025–2026 results, the strongest all-grades score in each subject is still below the state rate: by 10 points in English, 8 in math and 15 in science.
Coalinga High leads all-grades English at 39%, while Nell Dawson Elementary leads math at 31% and Sunset Elementary leads science at 21%. The lowest reported results are at Cambridge High: 2% in English and 0% in math; Cambridge and Chesnut High (Continuation) are both at 0% in science. Among 11th-graders, Coalinga High also leads the other high schools, by 28 points in English, 5 in math and 12 in science over the next-highest local result. Its graduation rate is 94%, compared with 78% at Cambridge and 63% at Chesnut.
Results improved modestly across schools over two years: school averages rose by 1 point in English, 2 in math and 1 in science. The average gap to the state narrowed by 1 point in English and math, but widened by 3 in science. Coalinga Middle had notable gains in English and science—6 and 7 points—while Cambridge’s English result fell by 11 points. Attendance offers another contrast: chronic absenteeism was 31% at Coalinga High, versus 84% at Cambridge, 79% at Chesnut and 18% statewide, despite Coalinga High’s stronger graduation result. All eight schools reported the same low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–2025; rates ranged from 70% to 89%, and differences in this measure do not neatly track test results.
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