McFarland High School (California)

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McFarland High School
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McFarland High School (California)
259 Sherwood Ave.
McFarland, California 93250

United States
Coordinates 35°40′27″N119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°W / 35.674275; -119.230113
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School type Comprehensive Public High School
MottoOpening the door to new opportunities...College and Beyond
Opened1928
StatusOperating
School districtMcFarland Unified School District
CEEB code 051945
NCES School ID 061954007315 [1]
PrincipalDario Diaz
Faculty43.26 (FTE) [2]
Grades 912
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment932 (2017-18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio21.54 [2]
Campus type Rural
Color(s)   Red & White
Mascot Cougars
Website School web site

McFarland High School is a public high school in McFarland, California, a city in Kern County north of Bakersfield and south of Fresno.

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Academics

The school's API score was 701 in 2013.

Enrollment

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]

Athletics

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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