McFarland_High_School_(California)

McFarland High School (California)

McFarland High School (California)

Comprehensive public high school in the United States

McFarland High School is a public high school in McFarland, California, a city in Kern County north of Bakersfield and south of Fresno.

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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 James White, a cross country coach at McFarland.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Search for Public Schools - McFarland High School (061954007315)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    "McFarland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
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    "Ed Data - Students - McFarland High School". Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    "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.
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