Amador High

Amador High is a close-knit four-year high school in Sutter Creek, California, one of the schools within Amador County Unified. The school caters to 615 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Amador High is one of 12 schools operated by Amador County Unified, a district that serves 4,027 students overall.

On demographics, Amador High lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Amador County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Amador High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 50.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Amador County) records that median household earnings sit near $88,044, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Amador County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students), of which Amador High is one.

The closest other public school is Sutter Creek Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Amador High. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Amador High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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