McFarland High School (California)

McFarland High School
Location
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[1]
Principal Brian Bell
Grades 9–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 860
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.[2]

Athletics

The school is notable for its succession of twenty-four CIF Central Section championships in cross country between 1987 and 2013.[3] The success of the team is documented in the 2015 Walt Disney Pictures film McFarland, USA starring Kevin Costner as coach at the center of the success, Jim White.[4] The streak came to an end while the film was in production after the small school was elevated to Division I, competing with schools mostly with more than 2.5 times the population. The reclassification was based on a competitive equity formula which takes into account the team's win record.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for McFarland High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ed Data - Students - McFarland High School". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/successful-mcfarland-cross-country-team-loses-state-title-after-24-years-feels-punished
  4. ↑ http://abc30.com/entertainment/cross-country-puts-mcfarland-on-the-big-screen/384507/
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