Orestimba High

Orestimba High is an average-sized senior high in Newman, California, run under Newman-Crows Landing Unified. The school enrolls 925 students in grades 9 through 12.

Newman-Crows Landing Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,085 students. Orestimba High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orestimba High lists that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 13% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Orestimba High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Orestimba High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Orestimba High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -12.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Stanislaus County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Orestimba High is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hunt Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orestimba High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orestimba High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 24.4%.

Orestimba High operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orestimba High has remained close to its prior level, going from 917 students in 2018 to 925 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 19% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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