Avenal High School in Avenal, CA
(09-12 • Public • Regular School)
- Address
- 601 Mariposa St.
Avenal, CA 93204
- Telephone
- (559) 386-5253
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- City-data.com school rating
- 15
- Students
- 642
- Classroom Teachers (FTE)
- 27.7
- National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) Status - Yes, under Provision 2
- Free lunch eligible students
- 565
- School district
- Reef-Sunset Unified
- Charter school
- No
- Title I status
- Title I schoolwide school
- Magnet School Indicator
- No
- Shared Time Indicator
- Missing
- Adult education offered
- No
Ratings
Coalinga High (16.0 miles): | 40 |
Kettleman City Elementary (9.4 miles): | 18 |
Cambridge High (16.0 miles): | 15 |
Avenal High School: | 15 |
Avenal Elementary (0.7 miles): | 14 |
Reef Sunset Middle (0.5 miles): | 12 |
Huron Middle (13.2 miles): | 9 |
Tamarack Elementary (0.9 miles): | 6 |
Huron Elementary (13.8 miles): | 6 |
California: | 46 |
Kings County: | 35 |
Avenal: | 12 |
Avenal High School: | 15 |
Students & Teachers
Total enrollment:
Enrollment in 2015: 663
Enrollment in 2014: 631
Enrollment in 2013: 655
Enrollment in 2012: 631
Enrollment in 2011: 606
Enrollment in 2010: 642
Enrollment in 2009: 651
Enrollment in 2008: 646
Enrollment in 2007: 627
Enrollment in 2006: 596
Enrollment in 2005: 543
Enrollment in 2004: 569
Enrollment in 2003: 585
Enrollment in 2002: 547
Enrollment in 2001: 568
Enrollment in 2000: 544
Enrollment in 1999: 560
Enrollment by grade, gender and race:
(Note: Details may not add to totals. School year: 2015-2016)
Grade | G09 | G10 | G11 | G12 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All students | 178 | 203 | 140 | 121 | 642 |
Female students | 93 | 91 | 71 | 49 | 304 |
Male students | 85 | 112 | 69 | 72 | 338 |
Asian students | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hispanic students | 175 | 195 | 134 | 117 | 621 |
White students | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
Enrollment by grade:
10th grade enrollment: 203
11th grade enrollment: 140
12th grade enrollment: 121
Avenal High School - Historical enrollment by grade
Enrollment by gender:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
Avenal High School: | 47.4% |
State: | 49.4% |
Here: | 52.6% |
California: | 49.6% |
Avenal High School - Historical enrollment by gender
Enrollment by race/ethnicity:
(State average from 12,430 schools)
Here: | 0.3% |
State: | 9.4% |
School: | 96.7% |
State: | 46.0% |
School: | 3.0% |
California: | 28.3% |
Avenal High School - Historical enrollment by race/ethnicity
Lunch Program Eligibility:
(State average from 10,111 schools)
School: | 88.0% |
California: | 61.2% |
Here: | 88.0% |
State: | 52.8% |
Avenal High School: | 0.0% |
State: | 8.6% |
Avenal High School - Lunch Program Eligibility
Teachers and support:
(State average from 12,394 schools)
Number of FTE teachers in their first year of teaching: 1
Number of FTE teachers in their second year of teaching: 1
Number of FTE school counselors: 2
Number of FTE teachers who were absent more than 10 school days during the school years: 14
Number of FTE sworn law enforcement officers: 0.5
Number of FTE nurses: 1
Number of FTE psychologists: 1
Student/Teacher Ratio
Avenal High School: | 23.2 |
State: | 22.8 |
Avenal High School - Teachers (FTE) and pupil/teacher ratio
School Expenditures:
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Teachers: 32 (Salary Expenditures: $1,711,963)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 13 (Salary Expenditures: $604,011)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 2 (Salary Expenditures: $239,953)
- Salary Expenditures for Teachers: $140,165
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 3 (Salary Expenditures: $63,719)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 1 (Salary Expenditures: $11,618)
Limited English Proficiency:
- Hispanic199
- Asian2
- White7
- IDEA40
Students Enrolled in LEP Programs
- Hispanic: 199 (male: 113, female: 86)
- Asian: 2 (all male)
- White: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 40 (male: 29, female: 11)
Students with disabilities:
- Hispanic: 38 (male: 28, female: 10)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 38 (male: 28, female: 10)
Dual Enrollment:
(State average from 525 schools)
Dual enrollment/dual credit programs provide opportunities for high school students to take college-level courses offered by colleges, and earn concurrent credit toward a high school diploma and a college degree while still in high school.These programs are for high school - enrolled students who are academically prepared to enroll in college and are interested in taking on additional coursework.For example, students who want to study subjects not offered at their high school may seek supplemental education at colleges nearby.
- Hispanic: 202 (male: 95, female: 107)
- White: 2 (all male)
Dual Enrollment per 1,000 students
Here: | 317.8 |
California: | 104.8 |
Statewide Student Assessments
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments:
(State average from 10,463 schools)
The summative assessments are comprehensive, end-of-year assessments of grade-level learning that measure progress toward college and career readiness. Each test in English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics is comprised of two parts: (1) a computer-adaptive test and (2) a performance task, administered within a selected testing window available at 66 percent of the instructional year for grades three through eight, and grade eleven.
The summative assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA and mathematics. The tests capitalize on the strengths of computer adaptive testing efficient and precise measurement across the full range of achievement and timely turnaround of results.
- All29%
- Males27%
- Females30%
- Hispanic30%
ELA Standard Met and Above
ELA students with scores: 161
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 29% |
California: | 49% |
Standard Not Met: 49.1%
Standard Nearly Met: 22.4%
Standard Met: 17.4%
Standard Exceeded: 11.2%
11th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 2517.2, Students tested: 161, Standard Not Met: 49.1%, Nearly Met: 22.4%, Met: 17.4%, Exceeded: 11.2%)
Avenal High School - ELA Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
- All6%
- Males8%
- Females4%
- Hispanic7%
Math Standard Met and Above
Math students with scores: 161
Percentage Standard Met and Above: | 6% |
State: | 38% |
Standard Not Met: 80.1%
Standard Nearly Met: 13.7%
Standard Met: 5.6%
Standard Exceeded: 0.6%
11th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 2462.4, Students tested: 161, Standard Not Met: 80.1%, Nearly Met: 13.7%, Met: 5.6%, Exceeded: 0.6%)
Avenal High School - Math Area Achievement Levels (all grades)
Paper-based CAASPP:
(State average from 9,784 schools)
California Standards Tests (CSTs) - The CSTs for science in grades five, eight, and ten are administered only to students in California public schools. All questions are multiple-choice. These tests were developed specifically to assess students' knowledge of the California content standards in science.
CST Science students with scores: 176
Percentage At Or Above Proficient: | 13% |
State: | 54% |
Percentage Far Below Basic: 36.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Below Basic: 22.0% Students demonstrate little or a flawed understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Basic: 29.0% Students demonstrate a partial and rudimentary understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Proficient: 9.0% Students demonstrate a competent and adequate understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
Percentage Advanced: 3.0% Students demonstrate a comprehensive and complex understanding of the knowledge and skills measured by this assessment.
10th Grade: (Mean Scale Score: 293.3, Students tested: 177, Far Below Basic: 36.0%, Below Basic: 22.0%, Basic: 29.0%, Proficient: 9.0%, Advanced: 3.0%)
California High School Exit Exam:
(State average from 2,357 schools)
Avenal High School - California High School Exit Exam results
Math Mean Scale Score: | 348 |
California: | 374 |
Math Percentage Passed: | 54% |
State: | 68% |
Math Number Passed: 145
Math Percent Correct compared to California average:
Probability & Statistics: 60% State: 69% Number Sense: 55% California: 65% Algebra & Functions: 59% California: 68% Measurement & Geometry: 55% State: 64% Algebra 1: 49% California: 58%
ELA Mean Scale Score: | 351 |
California: | 370 |
ELA Percentage Passed: | 53% |
California: | 68% |
ELA Number Passed: 153
ELA Percent Correct compared to California average:
Reading - Word Analysis: 67% California: 76% Reading - Reading Comprehension: 63% State: 71% Reading - Literary Responses and Analysis: 68% California: 75% Writing - Writing Strategies: 57% California: 64% Writing - Writing Conventions: 60% California: 69%
The Physical Fitness Test:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 43.3%, Needs Improvement: 35.8%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 20.9%)
Body Composition:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 52.2%, Needs Improvement: 21.6%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 26.2%)
Abdominal Strength:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 94.8%, Needs Improvement: 5.2%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Trunk Extension Strength:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 64.9%, Needs Improvement: 35.1%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Upper Body Strength:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 17.9%, Needs Improvement: 82.1%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
Flexibility:
9th grade: (Students tested: 134, Needs Improvement - High Risk: 0.0%, Needs Improvement: 100.0%, Healthy Fitness Zone: 0.0%)
California English Language Development Test:
(State average from 9,932 schools)
Avenal High School - students who met CELDT criterion (all grades)
Student Count: 234
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 95
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 41.0% |
California: | 34.0% |
Grade 9:
Student Count: 75
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 23
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 31.0% |
State: | 33.0% |
Listening Mean Scale Score: | 554.1 |
California: | 533.7 |
Reading Mean Scale Score: | 541.6 |
State: | 534.6 |
Speaking Mean Scale Score: | 553.8 |
State: | 515.1 |
Writing Mean Scale Score: | 534.2 |
State: | 513.2 |
Grade 10:
Student Count: 55
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 21
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 38.0% |
State: | 36.0% |
Listening Mean Scale Score: | 567.7 |
State: | 556.8 |
Reading Mean Scale Score: | 562.7 |
California: | 555.2 |
Speaking Mean Scale Score: | 568.9 |
California: | 533.6 |
Writing Mean Scale Score: | 543.9 |
California: | 530.8 |
Grade 11:
Student Count: 66
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 33
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 50.0% |
State: | 45.0% |
Listening Mean Scale Score: | 597.2 |
State: | 575.6 |
Reading Mean Scale Score: | 574.0 |
California: | 573.9 |
Speaking Mean Scale Score: | 593.2 |
California: | 550.8 |
Writing Mean Scale Score: | 574.7 |
California: | 544.5 |
Grade 12:
Student Count: 38
Number of students who met CELDT criterion: 18
Students who met CELDT criterion: | 47.0% |
California: | 44.0% |
Listening Mean Scale Score: | 631.3 |
State: | 564.9 |
Reading Mean Scale Score: | 591.8 |
California: | 567.0 |
Speaking Mean Scale Score: | 608.2 |
California: | 544.2 |
Writing Mean Scale Score: | 574.7 |
California: | 532.5 |
Accountability
Adequate Yearly Progress:
(State average from 9,846 schools)
Avenal High School - Adequate Yearly Progress status
ELA Participation Rate
Avenal High School: | 99.0% |
California: | 96.3% |
- Hispanic98
- Asian100
- White100
- SED98
- LEP100
- With Disabilities80
ELA Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 98% (tested 127 out of 129 enrolled)
- Asian: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- White: 100% (tested 5 out of 5 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 98% (tested 124 out of 126 enrolled)
- English Learners: 100% (tested 64 out of 64 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 80% (tested 4 out of 5 enrolled)
Math Participation Rate
Here: | 99.0% |
California: | 96.1% |
- Hispanic98
- Asian100
- White100
- SED98
- LEP99
- With Disabilities75
Math Participation Rate
- Hispanic: 98% (tested 126 out of 128 enrolled)
- Asian: 100% (tested 1 out of 1 enrolled)
- White: 100% (tested 5 out of 5 enrolled)
- Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 98% (tested 123 out of 125 enrolled)
- English Learners: 99% (tested 62 out of 63 enrolled)
- Students with Disabilities: 75% (tested 3 out of 4 enrolled)
SAT/ACT:
(State average from 9,846 schools)
The SAT Reasoning Test (SAT) is a curriculum-based, college readiness test that assesses the academic skills and knowledge students acquire in high school and the ability to apply that knowledge.
Avenal High School - ACT/SAT scores
Percent of graduates taking the ACT: | 62.0% |
State: | 30.9% |
ACT Composite scores greater or equal to 21: | 4.0% |
California: | 48.7% |
Number of graduates taking the ACT: 75
Average ACT composite score: | 15.0 |
State: | 19.8 |
Average ACT English score: | 14.0 |
California: | 19.6 |
Average ACT mathematics score: | 16.0 |
California: | 20.5 |
Average ACT reading score: | 16.0 |
California: | 20.5 |
Average ACT science score: | 16.0 |
State: | 19.9 |
Percent of graduates taking the SAT: | 38.0% |
State: | 54.4% |
SAT scores greater or equal to 1500: | 6.5% |
State: | 36.3% |
Number of graduates taking the SAT: 46
Average Total SAT Score: | 1,166 |
State: | 1,374 |
Average SAT mathematics score: | 383 |
California: | 464 |
Average SAT critical reading score: | 383 |
California: | 459 |
Average SAT writing score: | 400 |
State: | 451 |
SAT or ACT Test Participation: 85 (male: 44, female: 41)
- Hispanic: 85 (male: 44, female: 41)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 85 (male: 44, female: 41)
Advanced Placement:
(State average from 1,204 schools)
Avenal High School - AP exams with scores at or above criteria
Number of students taking at least one AP exam: 91
Percent of students taking at least one AP exam: | 68.0% |
California: | 94.1% |
Percent of AP exams with scores at or above 3: | 41.3% |
California: | 46.6% |
Health & Safety
Offenses:
(State average from 5,445 schools)
A weapon is any instrument or object used with the intent to threaten, injure, or kill. This includes look-alikes if they are used to threaten others.
Physical attack or fight refers to an actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against his/her will, or the intentional causing of bodily harm to an individual. Physical attack or fight does not include rape.
A threat refers to an act where there was no physical contact between the offender and victim but the victim felt that physical harm could have occurred based on verbal or nonverbal communication by the offender. This includes nonverbal threats (e.g., brandishing a weapon), and verbal threats of physical harm which are made in person. Threats made over the telephone or threatening letters are excluded.
Any of this school's students, faculty, or staff died as a result of a homicide committed at this school: No
Incidents of physical attack or fight without a weapon: 12
Incidents of threats of physical attack without a weapon: 3
Total incidents per 1,000 students
Here: | 23.4 |
California: | 60.8 |
Chronic Student Absenteeismt:
(State average from 8,737 schools)
- Hispanic: 106 (male: 53, female: 53)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Here: | 171.3 |
State: | 172.7 |
Suspensions:
(State average from 1,406 schools)
- For students with disabilities served under IDEA : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his/her regular school for at least half a day for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include both removals in which no individualized family service plan(IFSP) or individualized education plan(IEP) services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less as well as removals in which the child continues to receive services according to his/her IFSP or IEP.
- For students without disabilities and students with disabilities served solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his / her regular school for at least half a day(but less than the remainder of the school year) for disciplinary purposes to another setting(e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include removals in which no educational services are provided, and removals in which educational services are provided(e.g., school-provided at home instruction or tutoring).
- Hispanic: 150 (male: 100, female: 50)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 150 (male: 100, female: 50)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 32 (male: 29, female: 3)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students without disabilities): 39
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students without disabilities)
School: | 60.7 |
California: | 84.8 |
- Hispanic: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
Students without disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Students without disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 49 (male: 44, female: 5)
- Hispanic: 49 (male: 44, female: 5)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 49 (male: 44, female: 5)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students with disabilities): 7
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students with disabilities)
Avenal High School: | 10.9 |
State: | 28.1 |
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Students with disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Hispanic: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Students with disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- Hispanic: 2
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 2
Expulsions:
(State average from 1,805 schools)
Expulsion under zero tolerance policies refers to an action taken by the local educational agency of removing a child from his/her regular school for the remainder of the school year or longer because of zero-tolerance policies. A zero tolerance policy is a policy that results in mandatory expulsion of any student who commits one or more specified offenses (e.g., offenses involving guns, or other weapons, or violence, or similar factors, or combinations of these factors). A policy is considered "zero tolerance" even if there are some exceptions to the mandatory aspect of the expulsion, such as allowing the chief administering officer of a local educational agency to modify the expulsion on a case-by-case basis
- Hispanic: 5
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 5
Students without Disabilities who received an expulsion with educational services per 1,000 students
Avenal High School: | 7.8 |
State: | 10.5 |
Students with Disabilities who received an expulsion with educational services: 5 (all male)
- Hispanic: 5
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 5
Students with Disabilities who received an expulsion with educational services per 1,000 students
Here: | 7.8 |
State: | 4.5 |
Classes & Courses
Algebra I:
(State average from 1,182 schools)
Number of Algebra I classes taught by certified teachers: 7
9-10th grade student enrollment in Algebra I: 177 (male: 80, female: 97)
- Hispanic: 175 (male: 80, female: 95)
- White: 2 (all female)
- Hispanic: 176 (male: 79, female: 97)
Avenal High School: | 99.4% |
California: | 72.5% |
Algebra II:
Number of Algebra II classes taught by certified teachers: 7
Student Enrollment in Algebra II: 97 (male: 47, female: 50)
- Hispanic: 97 (male: 47, female: 50)
Calculus:
Number of Calculus classes taught by certified teachers: 1
Student Enrollment in Calculus: 16 (male: 11, female: 5)
- Hispanic: 16 (male: 11, female: 5)
Geometry:
Student Enrollment in Geometry: 118 (male: 53, female: 65)
- Hispanic: 118 (male: 53, female: 65)
Advanced Mathematics:
Number of Advanced Mathematics classes taught by certified teachers: 7
Student Enrollment in Advanced Mathematics: 60 (male: 25, female: 35)
- Hispanic: 58 (male: 23, female: 35)
- White: 2 (all male)
Biology:
Number of Biology classes taught by certified teachers: 9
- Hispanic196
- White4
- LEP76
- IDEA13
Student Enrollment in Biology
- Hispanic: 196 (male: 89, female: 107)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 76 (male: 41, female: 35)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 13 (male: 8, female: 5)
Chemistry:
Number of Chemistry classes taught by certified teachers: 5
- Hispanic154
- White4
- LEP85
- IDEA10
Student Enrollment in Chemistry
- Hispanic: 154 (male: 62, female: 92)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 85 (male: 50, female: 35)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
Physics:
Number of Physics classes taught by certified teachers: 1
Student Enrollment in Physics: 29 (male: 19, female: 10)
- Hispanic: 25 (male: 17, female: 8)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
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