Delta High

Set in Clarksburg, California, Delta High is a very small senior high, operated by River Delta Joint Unified. It serves 196 students across grades 10 through 12. That puts it 77% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 11 schools in River Delta Joint Unified (1,705 students total), Delta High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Delta High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Delta High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Yolo County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, Delta High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Yolo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,752 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Yolo County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), Delta High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clarksburg Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Delta High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Delta High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

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

Five-year trend. Delta High's enrollment has grew 20% since 2018, when it stood at 164 (now 196). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 26% to 20%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.