📍 960 Wildwood Rd., Arbuckle, Colusa County, 95912
Pierce High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Arbuckle, Colusa County. The school has 511 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Don Friel. It is part of the Pierce Joint Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
Pierce High enrolls 511 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 400 | 78% |
| White | 90 | 18% |
| Asian | 10 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
330 of the school's 511 students (65%) 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.
Pierce High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Pierce High is one of 5 schools in Pierce Joint Unified, based in Arbuckle, California. The district serves 1,447 students district-wide and employs 73 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 511 students, Pierce High is larger than the district average of about 289 students per school.