Hughson High
Hughson · CA · Hughson Unified · Public
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Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation) → Valley Community Day → Teel School in Empire → Keyes to Learning Charter → Whitmore Charter High → Hearthstone Christian → John H. Pitman High → Argus High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- 📚 7 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 35% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Hughson High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation), Valley Community Day, Teel School in Empire and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 35% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 859 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,873 per student in district revenue, the 102 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,619,046/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation) Hughson |
Public | 0.6 | 33 | — |
| Valley Community Day Hughson |
Public | 0.6 | 4 | — |
| Teel School in Empire Empire |
Public | 3.7 | 102 | +34.2% |
| Keyes to Learning Charter Keyes |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 79 | -16.0% |
| Whitmore Charter High Ceres |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 96 | -14.3% |
| Hearthstone Christian Waterford |
Private | 4.6 | 28 | — |
| John H. Pitman High Turlock |
Public | 4.7 | 1,986 | -4.3% |
| Argus High (Continuation) Ceres |
Public | 4.9 | 189 | +3.8% |