Arvin High

Arvin High is a high school in Arvin, CA that enrolls 2,786 students in grades 9-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Kern High school district. That headcount is above the 1,707-student average for schools in the district.

On the latest EDFacts assessments, 28% of students met grade-level proficiency in combined math and reading. EDFacts reports this rate at the district level and each state sets its own cut score, so it reads best as a relative marker rather than a verdict on any one classroom. That is 11 points below the 39% average for the Kern High school district. Against the 45% California statewide average, the school sits 18 points lower.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 33 points. As a high school, it reports a 66% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 25.8 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a predominantly low-income student body. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.