High Desert Community Day

High Desert Community Day operates as an one-room-style junior high in Alturas, California, overseen by Modoc Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 3 students spanning grades 6 through 10. That puts it 100% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Across the 5 schools in Modoc Joint Unified (766 students total), High Desert Community Day accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, High Desert Community Day logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 33% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, High Desert Community Day has 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting High Desert Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for Modoc County shows median household income runs about $59,455, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. High Desert Community Day is one of 10 public schools in Modoc County (combined enrollment of about 855 students).

Warner High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around High Desert Community Day.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at High Desert Community Day has fell 50%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 3 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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