McFarland High School | |
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Coordinates | 35°40′27″N119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°W |
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School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
Motto | Opening the door to new opportunities...College and Beyond |
Opened | 1928 |
Status | Operating |
School district | McFarland Unified School District |
CEEB code | 051945 |
NCES School ID | 061954007315 [1] |
Principal | Dario Diaz |
Faculty | 43.26 (FTE) [2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 932 (2017-18) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.54 [2] |
Campus type | Rural |
Color(s) | Red & White |
Mascot | Cougars |
Website | School web site |
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The school's API score was 701 in 2013.
In the 2013–14 school year, McFarland High School had an enrollment of 799 students, with, 0.5% Asian, 0.6% Filipino, 97.6% Hispanic, 0.5% Black, and 0.8% White. [3]
The school is notable for its succession of twenty-four CIF Central Section championships in cross country between 1987 and 2013. [4] The success of the team is documented in the 2015 Walt Disney Pictures film McFarland, USA starring Kevin Costner as James White, a cross country coach at McFarland. [4]
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