Colusa Alternative High (Continuation)

Located at 901 Colus Ave., in Colusa, California, Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) is an one-room-style four-year high school that enrolls 27 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Colusa Unified. That puts it 97% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Colusa Unified runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,470 students. Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% White, 4% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. 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, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Colusa County put the typical household earns roughly $75,672 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Colusa County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,732 students), of which Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) is one.

Colusa High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Colusa Alternative High (Continuation).

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 69%: 16 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 13% to 19%. Class-load math has rose: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

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