Sierra High

As a tiny secondary school in Fillmore, California, Sierra High hosts 64 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Fillmore Unified. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Fillmore Unified comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,685 students; Sierra High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sierra High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder is composed of 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Sierra High logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ventura County) records that median household income runs about $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Sierra High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fillmore Senior High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Sierra High's enrollment has increased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 50 (now 64). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 100% to 94%.

On this page, the feed for Sierra High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.