Laton High

Laton High operates as a tiny four-year high school in Laton, California, overseen by Laton Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 163 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.

Laton Joint Unified runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 603 students. Laton High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Laton High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 12% White. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laton High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Laton High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Laton Online Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laton High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Laton High's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 191 (now 163). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Laton High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.