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Enrollment
1,678
High
DISTRICT 1,168 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUBA CITY UNIFIED·NCES 064347007041
Yuba City High
850 B St., Yuba City, CA 95991 · (530) 674-4900 · Sutter County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,678 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.1:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
1,194 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 405 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 427 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 431 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 415 | 25% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
55.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.6pp since 2014
Math
17.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.8% | 34.8% | 26.7% | 17.7% |
| Math | 7.0% | 10.9% | 21.9% | 60.2% |
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 | 55.6% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 18.4% |
| 2021-22 | 42.1% | 13.5% |
| 2020-21 | 54.2% | 19.8% |
| 2018-19 | 48.9% | 24.7% |
| 2017-18 | 59.3% | 19.4% |
| 2016-17 | 53.3% | 21.3% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Yuba City High
Yuba City High's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuba City High this school | 1,678 | 71.2% | 36.5% |
| John Marshall Senior High Los Angeles | 1,842 | 71.2% | 53.8% |
| Tokay High Lodi | 2,058 | 69.3% | 30.0% |
| North Hollywood Senior High North Hollywood | 2,444 | 72.0% | 56.2% |
| Concord High Concord | 1,137 | 69.6% | 30.4% |
| John H. Pitman High Turlock | 1,986 | 65.9% | 39.4% |
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 Yuba City High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sutter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #621 of 1,052 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #737 of 1,056 ▼ 33 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #565 of 1,056 ▼ 46 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #172 of 1,044 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,678 | #459 of 2,093 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #702 of 1,352 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #430 of 1,351 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #844 of 1,575 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #480 of 802 | N/A |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,678
-176 (-9%) vs 2017
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 2,200
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 18.1:1
% White
23%
was 30%
% Hispanic
58%
was 50%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
11%
was 11%
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 | 1,678 | 79.6 | 21.1:1 | 71% (1,194) |
| 2023-24 | 1,818 | 89.5 | 20.3:1 | 60% (1,082) |
| 2022-23 | 1,822 | 89.5 | 20.4:1 | 64% (1,175) |
| 2017-18 | 1,854 | 102.5 | 18.1:1 | 65% (1,204) |
| 2015-16 | 1,766 | 93 | 19.0:1 | 58% (1,030) |
| 2010-11 | 1,683 | N/A | N/A | 53% (887) |
| 2000-01 | 2,775 | 125 | 22.2:1 | 44% (1,229) |
| 1990-91 | 2,200 | 106 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yuba City High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,854 to 1,678); teachers down 22% (102.5 to 79.6).
About Yuba City High
Families in Yuba City, California, are served by Yuba City High, a large high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,678 students enrolled. That is 100% above the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
Within Yuba City Unified, Yuba City High is one of 17 schools. The district enrolls 11,388 students.
About 58% of the student body at Yuba City High is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 23% White, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Sutter County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yuba City High is 21.1:1, based on 79.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Yuba City High counts 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 60% for public schools in Sutter County.
Yuba City High holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of California public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Yuba City High is 1.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.5% actual, 37.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Sutter County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,784, Yuba City High among them.
Yuba City Independence Academy, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Yuba City High places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment decreased by 9% across 7 years, from 1,854 in 2017-18 to 1,678 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, 58% of students were Hispanic, compared with 50% in 2017-18. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.1:1 in 2017-18, and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Yuba City High can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yuba City Unified
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Other schools in Yuba City
- River Valley HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Andros KarperosElementary · 1,181 students
- Riverbend ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Butte Vista ElementaryElementary · 853 students
- Gray Avenue MiddleMiddle · 655 students
- Tierra Buena ElementaryElementary · 607 students
Nearby schools
- Yuba City Independence Academy0.2 mi · 102
- Park Avenue Elementary0.3 mi · 541
- Bridge Street Elementary0.5 mi · 480
- Yuba City Charter0.6 mi · 256
- Gray Avenue Middle0.6 mi · 655
- AeroSTEM Academy1.2 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Yuba City HighHow many students attend Yuba City High?
Yuba City High enrolls approximately 1,678 students in grades 09-12.
Is Yuba City High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yuba City High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Yuba City High have?
Yuba City High employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
How diverse is Yuba City High?
Yuba City High reports a student body of 23% White, 58% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Yuba City High in?
Yuba City High is part of Yuba City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.