Adelante High

Adelante High, a minimally staffed high school in Riverbank, California, part of Riverbank Unified, instructs 40 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Riverbank Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,954 students; Adelante High is among them.

On demographics, Adelante High reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 10% White, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

On the income-and-resources front, Adelante High records 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Adelante High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put median household income runs about $81,468, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Adelante High is one campus in the mix.

Cardozo Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Adelante High.

Adelante High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Adelante High's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 55 (now 40). White enrollment moved from 24% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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