McFarland High School (California)

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McFarland High School
Location
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
Teaching staff29.05 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment402 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio13.84 [2]
Campus type Rural
Color(s)   Red & White
Mascot Tigers
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

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 402 students and 29.05 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.84:1. There were 220 students (54.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Athletics

The school is notable for its succession of twenty-four CIF Central Section championships in cross country between 1987 and 2013. [3] 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. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - McFarland High School (061954007315)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "McFarland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Successful McFarland cross country team loses state title after 24 years, feels "punished" - 23ABC News". Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
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