Calexico High

Calexico High is one of the sizable four-year high schools in Calexico, California, overseen by Calexico Unified, with 2,746 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 228% above typical.

Calexico High is one of 12 schools operated by Calexico Unified, a district that serves 8,022 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Calexico High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Calexico High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.9%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Imperial County) reports that median household income runs about $57,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Calexico High is one of 76 public schools in Imperial County (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students).

Dool Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Calexico High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calexico High at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 19.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calexico High has contracted 10%, going from 3,059 students in 2018 to 2,746 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.