Sierra High

Summary:

Sierra High is a public high school located in Tollhouse, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 399 students. The school is part of the Sierra Unified School District, which is ranked 788 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Sierra High has consistently performed better than the district and the state of California in standardized test scores, with 61.84% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Smarter Balanced Assessments/English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 51.89% for the district and 55.73% for the state. The school also maintains high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 89.6% to 94.7% over the past five years, consistently outperforming the state average. Additionally, Sierra High has shown strong performance in certain student subgroups, ranking 119th out of 2,125 California high schools for Hispanic students, with a 5-star rating.

While Sierra High generally outperforms the nearby Clovis Unified School District schools, such as Buchanan High and Clovis North High, in terms of academic performance and graduation rates, the school lags behind these schools in some areas, such as the percentage of students proficient in mathematics. Additionally, Sierra High has experienced higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state average, though the school has shown improvement in this area.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 33326 Lodge Rd.
       Tollhouse, CA  93667-9644


(559) 855-8311

District: Sierra Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
501st of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,506 Help


Feeder schools for Sierra High:

Elementary:    Foothill Elementary
Middle:    Sierra Junior High

Student/teacher ratio:  17.8 Help
Number of students:  378

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.3%
Hispanic:
18.0%
American Indian:
12.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sierra High ranks better than 78.4% of high schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.65. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Sierra High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Sierra High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (59.3%), Hispanic (18%), American Indian (12.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sierra High is 17.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sierra High is $9,506.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sierra High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sierra High 501st of 2323 California public high schools. (See Sierra High in the ranking list.)

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Sierra Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Sierra Unified 788th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sierra High

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Rank History for all students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 72.76 149th 1653 91.0%
2005 59.08 425th 1901 77.6%
2006 71.21 264th 1968 86.6%
2007 70.04 259th 2063 87.4%
2008 69.27 284th 2117 86.6%
2009 68.91 270th 2238 87.9%
2010 71.40 257th 2281 88.7%
2011 74.90 212th 2367 91.0%
2012 80.34 139th 2354 94.1%
2013 75.50 208th 2426 91.4%
2015 84.33 287th 1994 85.6%
2016 80.35 374th 2039 81.7%
2017 74.36 514th 2021 74.6%
2018 69.81 598th 2017 70.4%
2019 60.49 727th 2133 65.9%
2021 56.95 500th 1290 61.2%
2022 63.16 649th 2123 69.4%
2023 43.45 1027th 2348 56.3%
2024 68.65 501st 2323 78.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.71 850th 1862 54.4%
2019 32.84 1302nd 1937 32.8%
2021 69.00 295th 1126 73.8%
2022 63.66 568th 1943 70.8%
2023 33.32 1319th 2247 41.3%
2024 79.82 276th 2235 87.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.61 694th 1760 60.6%
2019 55.88 714th 1833 61.0%
2021 60.70 384th 1054 63.6%
2022 66.98 504th 1858 72.9%
2023 49.83 824th 2118 61.1%
2024 53.33 744th 2098 64.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.01 532nd 1052 49.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.81 484th 1834 73.6%
2019 58.31 690th 1880 63.3%
2021 41.47 631st 1122 43.8%
2022 57.25 700th 1916 63.5%
2023 37.17 1131st 2207 48.8%
2024 80.43 295th 2172 86.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.01 1012th 1742 41.9%
2019 33.09 1217th 1814 32.9%
2022 62.81 555th 1861 70.2%
2023 45.10 976th 2142 54.4%
2024 88.50 119th 2125 94.4%
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Rank History for Native American students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.26 5th 21 76.2%
2023 13.81 29th 33 12.1%
2024 36.72 27th 35 22.9%
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Rank History for White students at Sierra High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.14 580th 1173 50.6%
2019 50.16 613th 1222 49.8%
2022 50.58 585th 1204 51.4%
2023 33.91 858th 1434 40.2%
2024 53.36 535th 1406 61.9%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Sierra High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1993 729 7 12 65 58 n/a n/a 0 871
1994 825 4 10 77 68 n/a n/a 0 984
1995 715 3 9 182 96 n/a n/a 0 1005
1996 715 3 9 182 96 n/a n/a 0 1005
1997 783 4 13 172 74 n/a n/a 0 1046
1998 880 1 13 97 89 n/a n/a 0 1080
1999 893 2 5 103 75 n/a n/a 0 1078
2000 921 5 7 93 65 n/a n/a 0 1091
2001 879 4 3 80 74 n/a n/a 11 1051
2002 789 7 14 94 74 n/a n/a 1 979
2003 789 7 14 94 74 n/a n/a 1 979
2004 723 5 14 80 86 n/a n/a 0 908
2005 710 7 13 51 74 n/a n/a 24 879
2006 682 7 7 49 99 n/a n/a 3 847
2007 469 7 8 43 83 n/a n/a 152 762
2008 567 8 8 49 78 n/a n/a 0 710
2009 516 8 11 38 75 0 8 0 656
2010 478 6 8 39 72 0 8 0 611
2011 462 4 11 49 76 1 5 0 608
2012 406 6 10 82 81 1 1 0 587
2013 356 3 11 73 72 1 5 0 521
2014 375 7 10 61 67 1 5 0 526
2015 343 9 10 48 62 0 2 0 474
2016 324 5 8 54 64 0 3 0 458
2017 305 4 7 58 57 0 4 0 435
2018 288 2 7 53 53 0 4 0 407
2019 268 1 4 49 58 0 2 0 382
2020 262 0 5 65 41 0 10 0 383
2021 214 0 5 54 33 0 8 1 315
2022 244 2 5 68 41 0 18 0 378
2023 246 4 4 75 43 0 25 2 399
2024 224 3 4 68 47 0 32 0 378

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sierra High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 871 40.1 21.7 20.7
1994 984 44.1 22.3 18.4
1995 1005 47.5 21.2 12.2
1996 1005 47.5 21.2 12.2
1997 1046 48.2 21.7 18.9
1998 1080 48.1 22.5 24.9
1999 1078 48.1 22.4 25.9
2000 1091 50.2 21.7 19.4
2001 1051 50.4 20.9 24.9
2002 979 45.4 21.6 24.1
2003 979 45.4 21.6 24.1
2004 908 42.1 21.6 31.1
2005 879 42.0 20.9 23.5
2006 847 41.8 20.3 22.7
2007 762 38.7 19.7 30
2008 710 45.7 15.5 21.5
2009 656 33.8 16.1 25.3
2010 611 30.9 19.7 33.2
2011 608 n/a n/a 34.5
2012 587 27.1 21.6 n/a
2013 521 24.4 21.2 39
2014 526 23.2 22.5 37.1
2015 474 22.0 21.5 31.9
2016 458 22.0 20.8 34.7
2017 435 21.1 20.5 37
2018 407 19.6 20.7 38.6
2019 382 18.6 20.4 40.6
2020 383 n/a n/a 37.9
2021 315 18.5 16.9 83.5
2022 378 20.5 18.4 31.5
2023 399 21.7 18.3 32.3
2024 378 21.1 17.8 40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sierra High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1993 871 40.1 21.7 20.7
1994 984 44.1 22.3 18.4
1995 1005 47.5 21.2 12.2
1996 1005 47.5 21.2 12.2
1997 1046 48.2 21.7 18.9
1998 1080 48.1 22.5 24.9
1999 1078 48.1 22.4 25.9
2000 1091 50.2 21.7 19.4
2001 1051 50.4 20.9 24.9
2002 979 45.4 21.6 24.1
2003 979 45.4 21.6 24.1
2004 908 42.1 21.6 31.1
2005 879 42.0 20.9 23.5
2006 847 41.8 20.3 22.7
2007 762 38.7 19.7 30
2008 710 45.7 15.5 21.5
2009 656 33.8 16.1 25.3
2010 611 30.9 19.7 33.2
2011 608 n/a n/a 34.5
2012 587 27.1 21.6 n/a
2013 521 24.4 21.2 39
2014 526 23.2 22.5 37.1
2015 474 22.0 21.5 31.9
2016 458 22.0 20.8 34.7
2017 435 21.1 20.5 37
2018 407 19.6 20.7 38.6
2019 382 18.6 20.4 40.6
2020 383 n/a n/a 37.9
2021 315 18.5 16.9 83.5
2022 378 20.5 18.4 31.5
2023 399 21.7 18.3 32.3
2024 378 21.1 17.8 40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sierra High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,506

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sierra High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 727th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1027th of 2348 High schools
 9.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sierra High)61.145.2
 15.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sierra Unified)56.538.6
 17.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Sierra High)23.617.7
 6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Sierra Unified)24.414.9
 9.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students382399
 4.5%
African American14
 300%
American Indian5843
 25.9%
Asian44
Hispanic4975
 53.1%
Pacific Islander00
White268246
 8.2%
Two or More Races225
 1150%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.6%32.3%
 8.2%


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Sierra High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Foothill Elementary
Middle : Sierra Junior High

In the 2023-24 school year, 378 students attended Sierra High.

Sierra High ranks 501st of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Sierra High are 59% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% American Indian, 8% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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