Summary:
Zip code 93640 has three Mendota schools: Mendota High and Mendota Continuation High serve grades 9–12, while Mendota Community Day serves grades 7–12. Together they enroll 1,099 students, including 1,065 at Mendota High. The most important difference for families is attendance: chronic absenteeism is very high at the two smaller schools, but much lower at Mendota High.
Mendota High stands out in reported English language arts (ELA) and graduation results: 66% were proficient in ELA, 17 percentage points above the state, and its 93% graduation rate was 5 points above the state. Its results vary by subject, however: math proficiency was 26%, 13 points below the state, while science was about level with the state at 36%. For attendance, Mendota Continuation High had 85% chronic absenteeism and Mendota Community Day had 75%, compared with 15% at Mendota High and 18% statewide. Only Mendota High has reportable 2025–2026 test scores; the other schools’ suppressed scores are unknown, so their academic standing cannot be compared.
Recent scores at Mendota High improved in math and science but were nearly flat in ELA from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math rose 5 points and science 13, while ELA slipped by less than a point. Its SchoolDigger percentile ranking also rose, from the 46th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 64th in 2025–2026. Student–teacher ratios differ considerably: 21.9 at Mendota High, 12.2 at Continuation High and 5.7 at Community Day, but the data do not show how those smaller-school ratios relate to academic results. In 2024–2025, Mendota High reported 98% free/reduced lunch eligible and Community Day reported 70%; Continuation High reported 88% directly certified for free meals, a different measure that should not be compared directly with those percentages.
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