Culver City High

Culver City High operates as a big secondary school in Culver City, California, operated by Culver City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 2,012 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 140% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 8 schools in Culver City Unified (6,581 students total), Culver City High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Culver City High lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 23% White, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Culver City High lists 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Culver City High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Culver City High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Culver City High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Culver Park High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Culver City High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Culver City High's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 2,146 (now 2,012). Black enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Culver City High community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.