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Kings County Special EducationPublicHanford, CAGrades TK-12393 students

Kings County Special Education: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Kings County Special Education, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

393 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Kings County Special Education is a special education center in Hanford, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Kings County Special Education this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 9 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher9 · district 9
Teaching staff42 teachers
Avg. experience7.1 years
Fully credentialed44%
First-year teachers12%
Intern / emergency permit14.5%
PrincipalKimberly Paz
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$64,979 – $115,843
Principal salaryFrom $158,463
Superintendent salary$223,799

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2019–20

It spends $91,044 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$11,340 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $91,044, CA average $14,491$91,044 · spent at this school
Federal share$11,340 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 24%Instruction support 20%Student services 38%Administration 13%Buildings & maintenance 5%

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

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$100,009 per pupil
2019$90,614 per pupil
2018$86,345 per pupil
2017$83,433 per pupil
2016$73,202 per pupil
Who is enrolled

Three in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino70.5% · district 70.9% · CA 56.1%
White15.0% · district 14.8% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.0% · district 1.0% · CA 10.2%
Black5.1% · district 5.0% · CA 4.8%
Other8.4% · district 8.3% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 29.0% · Male 71.0%
Free or reduced lunch65.9% · CA 64%

Contact

DistrictKings County Office of Education
PrincipalKimberly Paz
GradesTK-12
Enrollment393 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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