Buhach Colony High

Buhach Colony High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Atwater, California, operated by Merced Union High. Current enrollment sits at 1,704 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 103% above typical.

Buhach Colony High is one of 9 schools operated by Merced Union High, a district that hosts 11,061 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buhach Colony High records that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 15% White, 10% Asian, 2% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Buhach Colony High has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Buhach Colony High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 27.4%.

In the surrounding community, Merced County reports that median household income runs about $65,510, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Merced County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students), of which Buhach Colony High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Juniper Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buhach Colony High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Buhach Colony High ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 1,855 students in 2018 compared to 1,704 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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