Kingsburg Independent Study High: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Kingsburg Independent Study posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (1.3% vs 3.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
Kingsburg Independent Study High scores 26 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 17th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 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.
Most rating sites would stop at “11% proficient” and call it done. Kingsburg Independent Study deserves a closer read. The school sits in Kingsburg, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 11 are proficient by 11th grade → 79 graduate → 0 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- 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.
The community around it
Student demographics
1 more gap by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 43
Nearby Elementary Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 52
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 27 | 7% | 15% | 33% | 44% | 22% | −25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 27 | 0% | 0% | 11% | 89% | 0% | −23 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 27 | 0% | 7% | 67% | 26% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 20 | 10.0% | −50 | −28 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19 | 21.1% | −40 | −18 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsburg Independent Study High ← | — | 26 | 3.7% | 11.1% | — | 1.3% |
| Kingsburg High | 0.4 mi | 58 | 25.8% | 56.9% | — | 3.2% |
| Oasis Continuation High | 0 mi | 27 | 0.0% | 12.5% | — | 7.2% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 28 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
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