Jill Kinmont Boothe

Jill Kinmont Boothe is an one-room-style senior high in Bishop, California, run under Inyo County Office of Education. The school caters to 7 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 99% smaller than typical.

Inyo County Office of Education is the operating authority for Jill Kinmont Boothe, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Jill Kinmont Boothe logs that 86% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Inyo County reports that median household income runs about $73,991, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jill Kinmont Boothe is one of 23 public schools in Inyo County (combined enrollment of about 2,539 students).

Bishop Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 46%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 7 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 38% to 14%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, 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.