Mountain Lakes High

Mountain Lakes High is a secondary school of very small scale in Shasta Lake, California, part of Gateway Unified, caters to 68 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 7 schools in Gateway Unified (2,139 students total), Mountain Lakes High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mountain Lakes High records that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 94% of students at Mountain Lakes High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shasta County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Shasta County shows median household earnings sit near $72,636, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Shasta County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), Mountain Lakes High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gateway Community Day, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Lakes High has ticked up 36%, going from 50 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.