Colton High

Colton High is one of the big senior highs in Colton, California, operated by Colton Joint Unified, with 1,729 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 106% above typical.

Colton Joint Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 18,397 students. Colton High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Colton High shows that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Colton High has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Colton High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colton High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Ulysses Grant Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colton High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colton High at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Colton High's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,956 (now 1,729).

On the community side, members of the Colton High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.