Lower Lake High

Lower Lake High, a middle-of-the-pack high school in Lower Lake, California, run under Konocti Unified, hosts 966 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Within Konocti Unified, which oversees 10 schools and 3,985 students, Lower Lake High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lower Lake High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Lower Lake High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Lower Lake High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lower Lake High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.4%; Lower Lake High posts 18.5%, -15.8 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $60,621, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Lower Lake High is one of 43 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students).

Lower Lake Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lower Lake High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 13.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 863 students in 2018 compared to 966 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.