Los Molinos High

Los Molinos High is one of the tiny high schools in Los Molinos, California, operated by Los Molinos Unified, with 203 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Los Molinos Unified, which oversees 3 schools and 549 students, Los Molinos High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Los Molinos High logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 42% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Los Molinos High lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tehama County (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Los Molinos High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.2%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Tehama County shows median household income runs about $63,784, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Molinos High is one of 41 public schools in Tehama County (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students).

The closest other public school is Los Molinos Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Los Molinos High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Los Molinos High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 199 (now 203). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 47% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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