Summary:
ZIP code 93221 has two high schools serving grades 9–12 in Exeter Unified: Exeter Union High, with 909 students, and Kaweah High, with 29. Their latest results show different subject strengths: Exeter Union is ahead in English and science, while Kaweah is slightly ahead in math. The most striking difference for families is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 50 percentage points higher at Kaweah.
Exeter Union High stands out in 2025–26 ELA and science, with 70% proficient in ELA and 41% in science, compared with 50% and 23% at Kaweah High. That is a 20-point ELA lead and an 18-point science lead; Exeter Union also exceeded state results in both subjects. Kaweah led in math, at 36% versus Exeter Union’s 31%, although both were below the state’s 38%. Attendance and graduation favor Exeter Union: chronic absenteeism was 13% there versus 63% at Kaweah, while graduation rates were 100% and 96%, respectively; both were above the state rate of 88%.
Kaweah’s scores improved substantially from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 29 points, science 11 points, and math 2 points. Its ELA result moved from 28 points below the state to 1 point above it, while its science gap narrowed but remained 13 points below the state. Exeter Union’s science rose 4 points, but its ELA fell 5 points and math fell 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking moved from the 76th to the 71st percentile for Exeter Union, and from the 52nd to the 54th percentile for Kaweah, after dropping to the 34th percentile in 2024–25. As context, in 2024–25 the schools’ student-teacher ratios were 24 and 9.4, and their reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 66% and 90%, respectively. Kaweah’s small enrollment means its results may be more sensitive to changes in the number of students tested.
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