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Mesquite Continuation High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
140 W. Drummond
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone
(760) 499-1810
District
Sierra Sands Unified
County
KERN COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
102
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

3

(10 is best)

Better than 27.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Better than 18.5% of all U.S. schools.


Mesquite Continuation High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
41%
39%
55%
6%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 12 11.8%
Grade 10 42 41.2%
Grade 11 20 19.6%
Grade 12 28 27.5%
Total 102 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.7% 54.2% 23.2%
Black 5.1% 6.5% 5.1%
Hispanic 27.3% 33.5% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 4.0% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.0% 1.8% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 73.5% 46.4% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 65.7% 44.5% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.8% 1.9% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 35,307 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 36.2 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.3% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.1% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.4% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,101 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.7% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.2% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.7% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.6% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.9% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.3% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 9.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,733 $39,345,000 55.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $875 $4,451,000 6.2%
Staff $458 $2,330,000 3.3%
General Administration $242 $1,233,000 1.7%
School Administration $881 $4,484,000 6.3%
Operation $1,390 $7,070,000 9.9%
Transportation $271 $1,380,000 1.9%
Other $893 $4,542,000 6.4%
Total Support $5,010 $25,490,000 35.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,296 $6,593,000 9.2%
Total Expenditures $14,039 $71,428,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%