Sequoia High
Merced · CA · Merced Union High · Public
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Yosemite High (Continuation) → Merced County ROP → Merced County Special Education → Golden Valley High → Merced High → Stone Ridge Christian School → Valley Merced Community → Merced Scholars Charter →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Sequoia High compares for families
What families should know about Sequoia High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Yosemite High (Continuation), Merced County ROP, Merced County Special Education and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 77 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosemite High (Continuation) Merced |
Public | 0.1 | 342 | +14.8% |
| Merced County ROP Merced |
Public | 0.9 | — | — |
| Merced County Special Education Merced |
Public | 0.9 | 342 | +5.2% |
| Golden Valley High Merced |
Public | 1.4 | 1,917 | +2.4% |
| Merced High Merced |
Public | 1.5 | 1,943 | +6.3% |
| Stone Ridge Christian School Merced |
Private | 2.0 | 448 | +38.3% |
| Valley Merced Community Merced |
Public | 2.0 | 90 | -47.7% |
| Merced Scholars Charter Merced |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 139 | +27.5% |