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Taft Union High

Taft, California · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,149
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
63
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Grade 9 302
  • Grade 10 275
  • Grade 11 287
  • Grade 12 285

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 62%
  • White 35%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 951 of 1,149 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 73%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$24,903 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,522
  • Support services $11,545
  • Other (food service, etc.) $837

Where the money comes from

  • Local 40%
  • State 55%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $36.5 milliontotal spending $31.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

09 to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

165

District office

701 Wildcat Way, Taft CA 93268

County

Kern County

Official website

NCES District ID

638730

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About Taft Union High

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The vision of TUHS is to provide an academically cohesive educational program within and between all departments on campus to ensure all students obtain essential skills necessary to become educated and productive citizens.
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