Whitmore Charter High

Whitmore Charter High operates as a micro-enrollment senior high in Ceres, California, part of Ceres Unified. Current enrollment sits at 96 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Whitmore Charter High sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Ceres Unified runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,665 students. Whitmore Charter High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Whitmore Charter High lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 33% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Whitmore Charter High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 47.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate median household income runs about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whitmore Charter High is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitmore Charter High at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Whitmore Charter High operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 156 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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