Bret Harte Union High

Bret Harte Union High is a four-year high school of low-enrollment scale in Angels Camp, California, overseen by Bret Harte Union High, educateing 559 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Bret Harte Union High is one of 2 schools operated by Bret Harte Union High, a district that educates 602 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bret Harte Union High shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calaveras County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bret Harte Union High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.8%; this one comes in at 34.3%, -20.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Calaveras County put median household income runs about $78,647, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calaveras County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,261 students), Bret Harte Union High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vallecito Continuation High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Bret Harte Union High. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bret Harte Union High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.7%.

Bret Harte Union High operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 70% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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