Divide High

Set in Georgetown, California, Divide High is an one-room-style four-year high school, run under Black Oak Mine Unified. It caters to 9 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 99% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Divide High is one of 6 schools operated by Black Oak Mine Unified, a district that educates 1,235 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Divide High records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than El Dorado County's rate of about 32%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Dorado County put median household income runs about $108,845, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Divide High is one of 69 public schools in El Dorado County (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students).

American River Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Divide High operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 12 students in 2018 compared to 9 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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