Calaveras High

Calaveras High is one of the cozy senior highs in San Andreas, California, overseen by Calaveras Unified, with 703 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12.

Calaveras Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,841 students. Calaveras High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Calaveras High lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Calaveras High has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Calaveras High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.3%; actual is 16.8%, a gap of -34.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Calaveras County shows median household earnings sit near $78,647, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Calaveras County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,261 students), of which Calaveras High is one.

The closest other public school is Gold Strike High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calaveras High at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 25.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Calaveras High's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 837 (now 703). Over the same period, the White share declined from 73% to 66%.

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