Colusa High

Colusa High is one of the low-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Colusa, California, one of the schools within Colusa Unified, with 431 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Colusa Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 1,470 students, Colusa High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Colusa High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% White, 3% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Colusa County (around 78%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Colusa High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Colusa County) reports that median household earnings sit near $75,672, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Colusa County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,732 students), of which Colusa High is one.

Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colusa High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.9%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Colusa High's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 431). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 31% to 18%.

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