Hamilton High

As an one-room-style four-year high school in Hamilton City, California, Hamilton High hosts 306 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Hamilton Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Hamilton High sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Hamilton Unified runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 708 students. Hamilton High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hamilton High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 45% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hamilton High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Glenn County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,139 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Glenn County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,252 students), Hamilton High is one campus in the mix.

Ella Barkley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Hamilton High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hamilton High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

Hamilton High operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 78% to 70%.

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