Summary:
ZIP code 93622 has two high schools serving grades 9–12, Firebaugh High and El Puente High, both in Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified. The clearest academic finding is that Firebaugh’s results vary sharply by subject: in 2025–2026, 67% of students were proficient in ELA, 18 points above the state, while 16% were proficient in math, 22 points below it; science was 28%, 8 points below the state.
Firebaugh stands out for completion and attendance, with a 99% graduation rate and 13% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, compared with the state’s 88% and 18%. El Puente has weaker reported outcomes on those measures: its 75% graduation rate was 24 points below Firebaugh’s, and its 75% chronic absenteeism was 62 points higher; its 6% dropout rate was also above Firebaugh’s 0%. El Puente’s school-level test scores are suppressed, so the available data cannot support a proficiency comparison between the two schools.
Firebaugh’s proficiency rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects: ELA by 2 points, math by 1 point and science by 1 point. However, its ELA advantage over the state grew from 16 to 18 points, while its science gap widened from 5 to 8 points; math remained about 22 points below the state. SchoolDigger’s Firebaugh ranking percentile slipped from 59 to 53 over the same recent period, even as scores improved. The schools also differ in size and staffing: Firebaugh enrolled 673 students and had an 18.6 student-teacher ratio, versus 18 students and 10.7 at El Puente. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 84% at Firebaugh and 89% at El Puente.
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