McFarland High School (California)
Appearance
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Coordinates | 35°40′27″N 119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°W |
Information | |
School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
Motto | Opening the door to new opportunities...College and Beyond |
Opened | 1928 |
Status | Operating |
School district | McFarland Unified School District |
CEEB code | 051945 |
NCES School ID | 061954007315[2] |
Direktorin | Dario Diaz |
Faculty | 43.26 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 932 (2017-18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.54[1] |
Campus type | Rural |
Color(s) | Red & White |
Mascot | Cougars |
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.
Academics
[edit]The school's API score was 701 in 2013.
Enrollment
[edit]In the 2013–14 school year, McFarland High School had an enrollment of 799 students, with, 0.5% Asian, 0.6% Filipino, 97.6% Hispanic, 0.5% Black, and 0.8% White.[3]
Athletics
[edit]The school is notable for its succession of twenty-four CIF Central Section championships in cross country between 1987 and 2013.[4] 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.[4]
See also
[edit]- McFarland, USA, a 2015 film set at the school
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "McFarland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Search for Public Schools - McFarland High School (061954007315)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "Ed Data - Students - McFarland High School". Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Successful McFarland cross country team loses state title after 24 years, feels "punished" - 23ABC News". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-08.