Cuyama Valley High

Located at 4500 Highway 166, in New Cuyama, California, Cuyama Valley High is a micro-enrollment secondary school that educates 55 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Cuyama Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Cuyama Valley High sits 93% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Cuyama Joint Unified (164 students total), Cuyama Valley High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Cuyama Valley High logs that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 18% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cuyama Valley High has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Santa Barbara County's rate of about 68%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cuyama Valley High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 26.7%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Santa Barbara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $98,161 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Barbara County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,191 students), Cuyama Valley High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sierra Madre High (Continuation), roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cuyama Valley High comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.7%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Cuyama Valley High's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 50 (now 55). Hispanic enrollment moved from 92% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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