{"a_g_completion_pct":27.5,"at_a_glance":["Taft Union High School is a public high school in Taft, Kern County, California with 262 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 5 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 14 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 262, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 4% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 47 UC applications and received 14 offers, a UC admit rate of 29.8% (counted at each campus).","28% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","64% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","It has about 367 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 1,100 students in 2026, up 15% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Taft","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":64.4,"county":"Kern","enrollment":{"since_total":954,"since_year":2018,"total":1100,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Taft Union High School's UC Reach Score is 5 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 14 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 262, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 4% of California high schools.","q":"What is Taft Union High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 47 UC applications and received 14 offers, a UC admit rate of 29.8% (counted at each campus).","q":"How many students from Taft Union High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"28% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Taft Union High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"64% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Taft Union High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 1,100 students in 2026, up 15% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Taft Union High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Taft Union High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"taft-union-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":367,"uc":{"admit_rate":"29.8%","admits":14,"applications":47,"ca_percentile":4,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":null,"seniors":262,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Below the CA median","uc_reach_score":5,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":null,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/taft-union-high-school"}