Yuba City High

Yuba City High operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in Yuba City, California, overseen by Yuba City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,678 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Within Yuba City Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 11,388 students, Yuba City High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Yuba City High logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sutter County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Yuba City High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sutter County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Yuba City High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sutter County put the typical household earns roughly $79,704 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sutter County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,784 students), of which Yuba City High is one.

Yuba City Independence Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yuba City High at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 21.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 1,854 students in 2018 compared to 1,678 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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