Davis Senior High

Located at 315 West 14th St., in Davis, California, Davis Senior High is a sprawling four-year high school that works with 1,755 students (grades 10 through 12), operated by Davis Joint Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 109% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Davis Senior High is one of 16 schools operated by Davis Joint Unified, a district that works with 8,241 students overall.

Demographically, Davis Senior High reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Davis Senior High shows 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Yolo County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Davis Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of +9.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Yolo County) shows that median household earnings sit near $91,752, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Yolo County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), of which Davis Senior High is one.

The closest other public school is North Davis Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Davis Senior High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Davis Senior High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,750 (now 1,755). The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.