Chowchilla Union High

Set in Chowchilla, California, Chowchilla Union High is a moderately sized secondary school, overseen by Chowchilla Union High. It enrolls 1,017 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 2 schools in Chowchilla Union High (1,091 students total), Chowchilla Union High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Chowchilla Union High reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Chowchilla Union High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Madera County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Madera County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), of which Chowchilla Union High is one.

Gateway High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chowchilla Union High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.2%.

Chowchilla Union High operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 1,090 students in 2018 compared to 1,017 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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