Pacheco High

Pacheco High is a high school of high-enrollment scale in Los Banos, California, one of the schools within Los Banos Unified, caters to 1,725 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 106% bigger than typical.

Los Banos Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,020 students; Pacheco High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pacheco High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest breaks down as 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pacheco High has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Merced County (around 81%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pacheco High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the area at large, Merced County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,510, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pacheco High is one of 117 public schools in Merced County (combined enrollment of about 59,456 students).

The closest other public school is Grasslands Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pacheco High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.7%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Pacheco High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,709 (now 1,725). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.