East Bay Arts High

East Bay Arts High, a rural-scale four-year high school in San Lorenzo, California, overseen by San Lorenzo Unified, works with 154 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so East Bay Arts High sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.

San Lorenzo Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,936 students. East Bay Arts High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, East Bay Arts High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 12% Black, 8% Asian, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that median household earnings sit near $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), East Bay Arts High is one campus in the mix.

San Lorenzo 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.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. East Bay Arts High's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 220 (now 154). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 59% to 64%.

On this page, members of the East Bay Arts 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.