Owens Valley High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Independence, California
Owens Valley High in Independence, California enrolled 23 students in 2024-25 with 2.3 full-time teachers, 9.9 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 21% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 29%
19 students in 2022-23, 24 students in 2023-24, 23 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 3.3 to 2.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 19 | 3.3 | 5.8 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | 3.4 | 7.1 |
| 2024-25 | 23 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
9.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 89 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Owens Valley High enrolled 19 students; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)not reported
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent63.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
47.8% of students were Hispanic, 17.4% of two or more races, 17.4% American Indian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic47.8%
- Two or more races17.4%
- American Indian17.4%
- White8.7%
- Black8.7%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Owens Valley High
- Sierra Alternative Learning AcademyThe nearest public high school, 16 miles away: 7 students, 7.0 per teacher (2024-25).16 mi
- Lone Pine HighThe next nearest public high school, 16 miles away: 86 students, 11.6 per teacher (2024-25).16 mi
- Compare Owens Valley High with Sierra Alternative Learning AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Owens Valley Unified spends per student$34,494 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$34,494
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaOwens Valley High is the number 1,930 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#1,930 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher9.9 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.9.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Owens Valley High
How many students attend Owens Valley High?
23 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 19 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Independence, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Owens Valley High?
9.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Owens Valley High a Title I school?
Owens Valley High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.What district is Owens Valley High in?
Owens Valley Unified, NCES district ID 0629190. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 062919004500 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.