📍 12724 Ave. 392, Cutler, Tulare County, 93615
Esperanza High is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Cutler, Tulare County. The school has 23 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Victoria Guzman. It is part of the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 1.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
Esperanza High enrolls 23 students across grades K–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 1.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 91% |
| White | 2 | 8.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
20 of the school's 23 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Esperanza High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Esperanza High is one of 8 schools in Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified, based in Orosi, California. The district serves 3,815 students district-wide and employs 193 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 23 students, Esperanza High is smaller than the district average of about 477 students per school.