Calla High

Set in Manteca, California, Calla High is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus, operated by Manteca Unified. It works with 140 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Calla High sits 83% below that benchmark.

Within Manteca Unified, which oversees 30 schools and 25,347 students, Calla High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Calla High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 16% White, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, Calla High reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Calla High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Joaquin County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Joaquin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Calla High is one.

Joshua Cowell Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Calla High.

Calla High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 179 students in 2018 compared to 140 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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