Sultana High

Located at 17311 Sultana Ave., in Hesperia, California, Sultana High is a heavily attended senior high that hosts 2,098 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Hesperia Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Sultana High sits 150% above that benchmark.

Across the 25 schools in Hesperia Unified (23,188 students total), Sultana High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sultana High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 17% White, 5% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sultana High lists 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Sultana High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sultana High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Sultana High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lime Street Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sultana High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sultana High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 15.8%.

Sultana High operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sultana High has expanded 10%, going from 1,901 students in 2018 to 2,098 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 63% to 74%.

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