San Joaquin Valley High

San Joaquin Valley High is one of the very small high schools in Parlier, California, overseen by Parlier Unified, with 50 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% below the state mean of about 838.

Within Parlier Unified, which oversees 7 schools and 3,206 students, San Joaquin Valley High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, San Joaquin Valley High logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, San Joaquin Valley High reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fresno County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), San Joaquin Valley High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mathew J Brletic Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Joaquin Valley High has shrank 6%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 50 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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