Enrollment
96
High
DISTRICT 1,066 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CERES UNIFIED·NCES 060813011488
Whitmore Charter High
3435 Don Pedro Rd., Ceres, CA 95307 · (209) 556-1617 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
52 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 24 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
CA avg 49.1%
Math
19.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Math scores have held steady since 2014.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.4% | 38.5% | 26.9% | 19.2% |
| Math | 0.0% | 19.2% | 30.8% | 50.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 87.5% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 24.3% |
| 2020-21 | 63.6% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 88.5% | 36.0% |
| 2017-18 | 87.1% | 50.0% |
| 2016-17 | 78.1% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | N/A | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whitmore Charter High
Whitmore Charter High's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore Charter High this school | 96 | 54.2% | 42.0% |
| Lone Pine High Lone Pine | 86 | 52.3% | 39.3% |
| Julian High Julian | 112 | 54.5% | 40.2% |
| Point Arena High Point Arena | 131 | 48.1% | 12.7% |
| Redwood Collegiate Academy Ukiah | 122 | 59.8% | N/A |
| Geyserville New Tech Academy Geyserville | 97 | 54.6% | 27.7% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whitmore Charter High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #1,588 of 2,093 | #26 of 36 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
96
-28 (-23%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96 | 4.9 | 19.4:1 | 54% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 5.6 | 15.5:1 | 53% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 7 | 14.0:1 | 49% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | 7 | 17.7:1 | 38% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | 26% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 138 | 8 | 17.3:1 | 12% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | N/A | N/A | 20% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitmore Charter High.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (156 to 96); teachers down 45% (9 to 4.9).
About Whitmore Charter High
Whitmore Charter High is a very small high school for students in Ceres, California. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 96 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Ceres Unified includes 23 schools. Together they enroll 13,665 students.
More than half of enrollment at Whitmore Charter High is Hispanic: 51%. Other groups make up 33% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. In Stanislaus County overall, the Hispanic share is about 50%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whitmore Charter High scores 62%.
Whitmore Charter High has 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in California is 18.2:1. At Whitmore Charter High, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County.
Whitmore Charter High earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of California public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.8%.
Looking at the county, Stanislaus County, median household income comes to about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 190, with about 106,477 students.
Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Whitmore Charter High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.9% on proficiency, and Whitmore Charter High is above that at 42.0%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Whitmore Charter High is a public charter school.
The school shrank from 124 students in 2020-21 to 96 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.4:1.
The allk12 page for Whitmore Charter High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ceres Unified
- Central Valley HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Ceres HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Cesar Chavez Junior HighMiddle · 685 students
- Lucas ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Caswell ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Virginia Parks ElementaryElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Ceres
- Central Valley HighHigh · 2,317 students
- Ceres HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Cesar Chavez Junior HighMiddle · 685 students
- Lucas ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Caswell ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Mae Hensley Junior HighMiddle · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology0.0 mi · 435
- Lucas Elementary0.5 mi · 668
- Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard0.5 mi · 138
- La Rosa Elementary0.7 mi · 516
- Cesar Chavez Junior High0.7 mi · 685
- Endeavor Alternative0.9 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Whitmore Charter HighHow many students attend Whitmore Charter High?
Whitmore Charter High enrolls approximately 96 students in grades 09-12.
Is Whitmore Charter High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitmore Charter High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Whitmore Charter High have?
Whitmore Charter High employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Whitmore Charter High?
Student demographics at Whitmore Charter High are roughly 33% White, 51% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Whitmore Charter High in?
Whitmore Charter High is part of Ceres Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.