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Arvin High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Arvin posts 33% meeting the standard and 9.3% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

900 Varsity Road, 93203 (opens in new tab)·Kern High·Arvin·Grades 9-12·2,653 students·96% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(661) 854-5561·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4247
% Exceeded9%16%
% Met+33%36%
Grad rate89.5%86.6%
College readiness18.1%33.9%
Absence22.8%30.2%
Suspension5.8%3.6%
Scope Score
42
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #1,389 statewide · #13 of 25 in Kern High

Arvin High scores 42 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 36th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. Arvin deserves a closer read. The school sits in Arvin, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Arvin's low-income kids hit 54.5% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 36th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAGreen(Increased Significantly)MathOrange(Increased)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 33% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1150%49%50%40%55%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1113%15%13%10%11%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
33%
State 36%
Graduate
90%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
18%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 33 are proficient by 11th grade → 90 graduate → 18 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

54.5%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Arvin's most underrated number

54.5% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Arvin low-income: 54.5%State low-income: 38.2%Arvin EL: 11.8%State EL: 10.4%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
89.5%
State 86.6%
2.9pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
9.3%
State 15.8%
6.5pp below state avg
College readiness
18.1%
State 33.9%
AP course or exam readiness below state avg
Met or exceeded
33.1%
State 35.7%
2.6pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
22.8%
State 30.2%
7.4pp below state avg
Suspension rate
5.8%
State 3.6%
2.2pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
18.2%
State 18.0%
0.2pp above state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Arvin High in Arvin, 54.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Arvin High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (10.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (55.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 52.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 561 students tested.

All students at this school: 33% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 33%, district —, state 36%33%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 33%, district 31%, state 32%33% · +0 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 32%, district 30%, state 32%32% · −0 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 36%, district 37%, state 44%36% · +3 vs school
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 32%, state 42%29% · −3 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 5%, state 11%5% · −27 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 1%, district 8%, state 15%1% · −31 vs school

6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored

In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — English learners students were 22% of Arvin's enrollment but 1% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic97.4% AP · 97.3% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Asian0.4% AP · 0.1% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Black0.4% AP · 0.5% enroll.
White1.9% AP · 1.9% enroll.
Two or more races0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
English learners1.1% AP · 22.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 8.0% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 22.8%, district 18.7%, state 30.2%22.8% · −7.4pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 5.8%, district —, state 3.6%5.8% · +2.2pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1222.6%

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score
51%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Arvin's class of 2023, 51% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 590 completers, 51% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 26 (4%)California State University 93 (16%)California community college 156 (26%)In-state private 21 (4%)Out-of-state, 4-year 3 (1%)Out-of-state, 2-year 1 (0%)Not enrolled 290 (49%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 19 of Arvin's 552 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Davis the most common landing, with 7 enrollees.

Applied80fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted68
Enrolled19
Where they landed (fall 2025)

7 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 28 enrolled, 2024

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 51% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (156) than at UC (26).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 26:1, district 25:126:1
Teaching staff197 teachers
Avg. experience10.4 years
Fully credentialed82%
First-year teachers3%
Intern / emergency permit1.2%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$62,889 – $134,832
Principal salaryUp to $173,913
Superintendent salary$255,200

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers62 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers186 students
Advanced Coursework

Arvin's teachers are authorized to teach 7 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Physics 1.

AP subjects taught7
Math & Computer Science (4)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Computer Science A · Computer Science Principles
Sciences (1)Physics 1
World Languages & Cultures (2)Spanish Language and Culture · Spanish Literature and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $19,554, CA average $14,491$19,554 · spent at this school
Federal share$1,369 per student

$1,369 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,278 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction48%
Instruction support16%
Student services15%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance13%
Other2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,940 per pupil
2019$13,737 per pupil
2018$14,008 per pupil
2017$12,847 per pupil
2016$12,132 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic96.8%
District 71.9% · CA 56.1%
Other1.5%
District 6.3% · CA 9.0%
White1.2%
District 14.2% · CA 19.9%
Black0.4%
District 5.0% · CA 4.8%
Asian0.1%
District 2.5% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 96.5% (33pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$49K · CA $85K
Median home value$265K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+6% · CA 35%
ZIP population20,712
Median age25 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 2,653 students, this school is well above the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 23% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Arvin High a good high school?

Arvin High has a Scope Score of 42 out of 100, placing it in the 36th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,389 statewide. 9.3% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 6.5 percentage points below the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Arvin High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 33.1% of students at Arvin High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 9.3% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 23.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 9.3% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,169 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Arvin High rank in California?

Arvin High ranks #1,389 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 36th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Arvin High?

22.8% of students at Arvin High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 5.8%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Arvin High compare to other schools in Arvin?

Arvin High scores 42/100 (36th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,653 students. Use the schools in Arvin page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Arvin High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Arvin High in Arvin, 54.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Arvin High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (10.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (55.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 52.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 561 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Arvin High?

Arvin High's teachers are authorized to teach 7 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Physics 1, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Arvin High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 19 Arvin High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
89.5%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 53th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
9.3%
↓ vs CA 15.8% · 43th pctile
College readiness · 20%
18.1%
↓ vs CA 33.9% · 41th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
33.1%
↓ vs CA 35.7% · 48th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
22.8%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 56th pctile
▲ 9.0pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
5.8%
↓ vs CA 3.6% · 40th pctile
▼ 0.9pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
18.2%
↑ vs CA 18.0% · 53th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1157817%38%25%20%55%+7
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 115911%10%22%67%11%−13

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide5952%21%66%11%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged56154.5%+7+16
Hispanic/Latino56655.6%+7+17
English Learners9411.8%+4+1
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = the same students tracked across grades, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Arvin High ←—429.3%33.1%——5.8%
California average—4715.8%35.7%——3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
89.5%
AP Exam Prepared
18.1%
A-G Completion
39.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
50.8%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20194137#12919.7%31.5%15.2%7.8%—
20224240#126311.6%32.2%32.8%5.1%—
20234339#131011.2%31.8%25.2%6.6%—
20243933#14445.7%24.7%13.8%6.7%—
20254236#13899.3%33.1%22.8%5.8%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female14.5%23.6%+9.1pp
Male15.4%21.5%+6.1pp
Hispanic/Latino14.5%22.2%+7.7pp
Students with Disabilities34.5%29.4%-5.1pp
English Learners21.2%29.7%+8.5pp
Foster Youth30.0%38.9%+8.9pp
Homeless52.6%53.7%+1.1pp
Military-Connected19.3%24.9%+5.6pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged14.9%22.9%+8.0pp
All Students14.9%22.6%+7.7pp
Filipino—26.3%—
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20258068193.713.773.94
20249874283.753.824.02
20236550273.823.964.12
20227756223.863.964.17
20216651193.603.723.83
20209266253.733.873.93
20197750233.623.823.96
20185231113.583.813.86
20175334183.673.873.86
20165231183.513.693.72
2015181163.583.743.90
20142822123.543.673.74

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20253975
Berkeley2024459‹3
Berkeley20232795
Berkeley20223053
Berkeley20213293
Davis202543207
Davis202440205
Davis202334223
Davis202239144
Davis202129154
Irvine20253910‹3
Irvine202449134
Irvine202336113
Irvine2022354‹3
Irvine202124‹3‹3
Los Angeles2025403‹3
Los Angeles20246563
Los Angeles20234554
Los Angeles20224764
Los Angeles2021344‹3
Merced20255149‹3
Merced202432293
Merced20232724‹3
Merced202230273
Merced202134323
Riverside20253127‹3
Riverside2024158‹3
Riverside2023127‹3
Riverside20221510‹3
Riverside2021169‹3
San Diego20253915‹3
San Diego202452286
San Diego202329143
San Diego202234204
San Diego2021184‹3
Santa Barbara20254318‹3
Santa Barbara202454184
Santa Barbara202336176
Santa Barbara202244184
Santa Barbara202141175
Santa Cruz20252514‹3
Santa Cruz20242514‹3
Santa Cruz2023178‹3
Santa Cruz2022238‹3
Santa Cruz20212312‹3
Universitywide2025806819
Universitywide2024987428
Universitywide2023655027
Universitywide2022775622
Universitywide2021665119

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Computer Science Athis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Physics 1this school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count6
AP enrollment266
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 751 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections3
Chemistry sections11
Total enrollment (CRDC)2,853

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California264.4%
California State University9315.8%
California community college15626.4%
In-state private213.6%
Out-of-state, 4-year30.5%
Out-of-state, 2-year10.2%
Not enrolled29049.2%

590 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 51% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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