Ahwahnee High

Ahwahnee High operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Oakhurst, California, one of the schools within Yosemite Unified. Current enrollment sits at 35 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 96% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Ahwahnee High is one of 7 schools operated by Yosemite Unified, a district that teaches 1,387 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ahwahnee High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 40% White, 11% Native American. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Ahwahnee High reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 71% of students at Ahwahnee High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madera County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Madera County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,627 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Ahwahnee High is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

Nearest neighbor: Yosemite High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Ahwahnee High.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ahwahnee High's enrollment has grew 59% since 2018, when it stood at 22 (now 35). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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