Ceres High

As a sizable secondary school in Ceres, California, Ceres High educates 1,660 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Ceres Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Ceres High sits 98% above that benchmark.

Ceres Unified comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,665 students; Ceres High is among them.

On demographics, Ceres High records that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 11% White, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ceres High records 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at Ceres High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Ceres High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household income runs about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Stanislaus County runs 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), of which Ceres High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Walter White Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ceres High. On composite proficiency, Ceres High comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

Ceres High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 1,732 students in 2018 compared to 1,660 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 75% to 81% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.