McFarland High School (California)

McFarland High School
McFarland High School
Location
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	259 Sherwood Ave.; McFarland, California 93250; United States
Coordinates	35°40′27″N 119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°WCoordinates: 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
Principal	Justin M. Derrick
Faculty	43.26 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	932 (2017-18)
Student to teacher ratio	21.54
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[]

The school's API score was 701 in 2013.

Enrollment[]

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[]

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 coach which takes into account the team's win record.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

[NCES-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "McFarland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[nces_sch-2] "Search for Public Schools - McFarland High School (061954007315)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[3] "Ed Data - Students - McFarland High School". Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

[KERO-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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McFarland High School
Location
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
259 Sherwood Ave. McFarland, California 93250 United States
Coordinates	35°40′27″N 119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°W / 35.674275; -119.230113Coordinates: 35°40′27″N 119°13′48″W / 35.674275°N 119.230113°W / 35.674275; -119.230113
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]
Principal	Justin M. Derrick
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