Somerton High School

As a moderately sized high school in Somerton, Arizona, Somerton High School serves 608 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Yuma Union High School District (4507).

Yuma Union High School District (4507) comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 11,217 students; Somerton High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Somerton High School lists that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Yuma County as a whole is about 65% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Somerton High School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Yuma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,876 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Yuma County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), Somerton High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Encanto Learning Center, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Somerton High School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Somerton High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.