High school (grades 9-12) · Kettleman City, CA

Adelante High

Federal NCES profile for Adelante High, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 40/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 063227002047
0/100100/10040/100
👥 S:T ratio
84
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
38
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Adelante High earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.

40
Resource Index · Typical
4:1
small classes for California
4
students enrolled

Adelante High has class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. Computed live against every California school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

4

California · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

4:1

vs 21.5:1 California avg

-81% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Adelante High compares with California and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Adelante High

Adelante High is a small high school in Kettleman City, California, enrolling 4 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 4:1, Adelante High is leaner than roughly 99% of California schools and 81% under the state's 21.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of California schools, with 4 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 25.0% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 20.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Reef-Sunset Unified also operates Avenal High (762 students) and Avenal Elementary (654 students) alongside Adelante High.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Adelante High compares

Adelante High on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs California California avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 4:1 ▼ 81% 21.5:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 4 top 99% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

4:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
4
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
4:1
students per teacher - 81% below state mean
Top 1% in California - lower ratio than 99% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
25.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$15,964
per pupil, district-wide - below California avg of $16,509
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Reef-Sunset Unified, which includes Adelante High.

$15,964
Per student
-3%
vs California
Avg $16,509
-4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 9.3%
State 70.6%
Federal 20.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Adelante High Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Avenal High Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Avenal Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Reef Sunset Middle Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Tamarack Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Kettleman City Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Adelante High's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Reef-Sunset Unified · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Adelante High's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Adelante High

How many students attend Adelante High?

Adelante High has 4 students enrolled. It is a high school in Kettleman City, CA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Adelante High?

The student-teacher ratio at Adelante High is 4:1, which is 81% lower than the California average of 21.5:1 and 75% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Adelante High?

Adelante High has a Resource Investment Index of 40/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Adelante High a good school?

Adelante High earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of California schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in California. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Reef-Sunset Unified?

Besides Adelante High, Reef-Sunset Unified also operates Avenal High (762 students), Avenal Elementary (654 students), and Reef Sunset Middle (554 students). See the Reef-Sunset Unified district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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