High school (grades 9-12) · Coulterville, CA

Coulterville High

Federal NCES profile for Coulterville High, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 062394009576
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Coulterville High earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in California.

20
Resource Index · Lower
57.1%
free-lunch eligible
7
students enrolled

Enrollment

7

California · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

57.1%

vs 55.5% California avg

+3% vs state

What stands out at Coulterville High

Coulterville High is a higher-need, small high school in Coulterville, California, enrolling 7 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 57.1% lands close to the California typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of California schools, with 7 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 9,998 scored California schools.

Among 19 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need California schools statewide, it ranks #15, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by White (71%) and Hispanic or Latino (14%) (diversity index 45/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Its district draws 15.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Mariposa County Unified also operates Mariposa County High (461 students) and Woodland Elementary (435 students) alongside Coulterville High.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Coulterville High compares

Coulterville High on the metrics families compare, against California and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs California California avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 57.1% ▲ 3% 55.5% 51.7%
Enrollment 7 top 99% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

7
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
57.1%
free-lunch eligible - 3% above the California average of 55.5%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$15,723
per pupil, district-wide - below California avg of $16,509
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 71.4%
Hispanic or Latino 14.3%
Two or More 14.3%

Largest group: White at 71.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 44.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 44.9, Coulterville High is about as mixed as the California school average of 46.0.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mariposa County Unified, which includes Coulterville High.

$15,723
Per student
-5%
vs California
Avg $16,509
-5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 56.5%
State 27.6%
Federal 15.9%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Coulterville High Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Mariposa County High Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Woodland Elementary Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Mariposa Elementary Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Lake Don Pedro Elementary Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Sierra Home Larger Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Coulterville High's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Mariposa County Unified · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of California, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Coulterville High's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Coulterville High

How many students attend Coulterville High?

Coulterville High has 7 students enrolled. It is a high school in Coulterville, CA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Coulterville High?

57.1% of students at Coulterville High are eligible for free lunch, compared to the California average of 55.5%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Coulterville High?

The largest demographic group at Coulterville High is White at 71.4% of enrollment, in Coulterville, CA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Coulterville High?

Coulterville High has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Coulterville High a good school?

Coulterville High earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in California. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Mariposa County Unified?

Besides Coulterville High, Mariposa County Unified also operates Mariposa County High (461 students), Woodland Elementary (435 students), and Mariposa Elementary (386 students). See the Mariposa County Unified district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.