Bishop Union High

Bishop Union High, an intimate four-year high school in Bishop, California, one of the schools within Bishop Unified, teaches 608 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Bishop Union High sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Bishop Union High is one of 9 schools operated by Bishop Unified, a district that teaches 1,910 students overall.

Demographically, Bishop Union High shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 14% Native American, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Inyo County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 39% of students at Bishop Union High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Inyo County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bishop Union High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.2%; this one comes in at 33.9%, -22.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Inyo County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,991 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Inyo County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,539 students), of which Bishop Union High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall), around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Bishop Union High. On composite proficiency, Bishop Union High comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

Bishop Union High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bishop Union High's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 608). Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Bishop Union High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.