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Wasco High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1900 Seventh St.
Wasco, CA 93280
Phone
(661) 758-7400
District
WASCO UNION HIGH
County
KERN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1765
Classroom Teachers
80

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.5% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Wasco High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
41%
51%
54%
15%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 444 25.2%
Grade 10 500 28.3%
Grade 11 460 26.1%
Grade 12 361 20.5%
Total 1765 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 4.1% 3.9% 22.7%
Black 1.1% 1.1% 5.4%
Hispanic 94.3% 94.6% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.5% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 74.6% 76.0% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 68.4% 69.6% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.2% 6.4% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,776 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 41.2 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 46.4% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 6.6% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,135 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 12.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 61.3% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 4.5% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.4% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.4% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.7% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 28.4% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.2% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 17.0% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,052 $13,060,304 40.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $1,170,464 3.6%
Staff $911 $1,687,172 5.2%
General Administration $339 $627,828 1.9%
School Administration $695 $1,287,140 4.0%
Operation $1,769 $3,276,188 10.1%
Transportation $323 $598,196 1.8%
Other $832 $1,540,864 4.7%
Total Support $5,502 $10,189,704 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,982 $9,226,664 28.4%
Total Expenditures $17,536 $32,476,672 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%