Trinity High

Trinity High, a very small high school in Weaverville, California, overseen by Trinity Alps Unified, hosts 289 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Trinity Alps Unified comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 640 students; Trinity High is among them.

On demographics, Trinity High shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Trinity High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.2%; this one comes in at 23.2%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Trinity County) shows that median household earnings sit near $53,002, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Trinity County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,461 students), of which Trinity High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alps View High (Continuation), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trinity High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Trinity High has ticked down 16%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 71% to 77%.

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