Crescenta Valley High

Crescenta Valley High, a sizable high school in La Crescenta, California, overseen by Glendale Unified, caters to 2,624 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 213% larger than typical.

Within Glendale Unified, which oversees 32 schools and 25,294 students, Crescenta Valley High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Crescenta Valley High shows that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 27% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Crescenta Valley High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crescenta Valley High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Crescenta Valley High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: La Crescenta Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crescenta Valley High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 76.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Crescenta Valley High's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 2,645 (now 2,624). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Crescenta Valley High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.