In the Los Angeles area we have not had Home Ec for decades. I just asked my son, who is just shy of 33 if he remembered if his junior or senior high school had Home Ec and he was pretty sure that was already gone as well as the "male" oriented classes such as wood or auto shop. When I was in high school the physical location of my school was considered out in the boonies, therefore not noticed much, and the District tested classes there. Cooking for boys and auto/wood shop for girls were some of the classes tested. They were tremendously popular. Don't think they ever actually made it into the mainstream.
I wish the schools had the funds to add more of the creative arts, along with music and practical education (shop classes) to the curriculum, but, at least in my area, it is looking like that may never happen again.