Weed High

As a micro-enrollment high school in Weed, California, Weed High hosts 187 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Siskiyou Union High. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 78% below typical.

Within Siskiyou Union High, which oversees 4 schools and 476 students, Weed High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Weed High records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Siskiyou County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Weed High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.5%; actual is 29.7%, a gap of -14.7 points.

Across the wider county, Siskiyou County reports that median household income runs about $59,095, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Siskiyou County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students), Weed High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Weed Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Weed High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

Weed High operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 45%.

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