📍 1900 G St., Merced, Merced County, 95340
Sequoia High is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Merced, Merced County. The school has 96 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lee Shaw. It is part of the Merced Union High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
Sequoia High enrolls 96 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 5.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 79% |
| White | 13 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 2 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
87 of the school's 96 students (91%) 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.
Sequoia High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Sequoia High is one of 9 schools in Merced Union High, based in Atwater, California. The district serves 11,062 students district-wide and employs 539 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 96 students, Sequoia High is smaller than the district average of about 1,229 students per school.