Turlock High

Located at 1600 East Canal Dr., in Turlock, California, Turlock High is a well-populated four-year high school that caters to 2,479 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Turlock Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Turlock High sits 196% bigger than that benchmark.

Turlock Unified runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 13,478 students. Turlock High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Turlock High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest reads as 28% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Turlock High logs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Turlock High higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Turlock High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 33.8%.

In the surrounding community, Stanislaus County reports that median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Turlock High is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Julien Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Turlock High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 2,479 students in 2018 compared to 2,479 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 34% to 28%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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