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What's the most underrated thing about Edgewood High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
712
High
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST COVINA UNIFIED·NCES 064200012621
Edgewood High
1624 West Durness, West Covina, CA 91790 · (626) 939-0600 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
574 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 177 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 191 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 208 | 29% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
32.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.4% | 25.4% | 28.6% | 13.5% |
| Math | 17.8% | 14.6% | 24.9% | 42.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 22.7% |
| 2022-23 | 49.5% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 52.8% | 18.9% |
| 2018-19 | 66.7% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 62.9% | 34.6% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 39.6% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 33.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edgewood High
Edgewood High's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood High this school | 712 | 80.6% | 38.5% |
| Duarte High Duarte | 756 | 77.0% | 46.4% |
| Fowler High Fowler | 807 | 79.8% | 47.4% |
| Abraham Lincoln Senior High Los Angeles | 913 | 89.4% | 56.2% |
| William Workman High City Of Industry | 723 | 84.4% | 33.7% |
| Health Careers Academy Stockton | 410 | 79.0% | 45.5% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edgewood High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #566 of 1,052 | #122 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #386 of 1,056 ▲ 147 | #91 of 229 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #520 of 1,056 ▲ 326 | #115 of 229 ▲ 64 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #166 of 1,044 | #59 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #885 of 2,093 | #197 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #166 of 1,352 | #57 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #808 of 1,351 | #142 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #598 of 1,575 | #234 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #374 of 802 | #141 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
712
-133 (-16%) vs 2020
+258% since 2010-11, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 712 | 43.6 | 16.3:1 | 81% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 47.6 | 16.6:1 | 68% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 48.6 | 17.9:1 | 68% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 68% (574) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 65% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 35 | 24.7:1 | 64% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | N/A | N/A | 52% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgewood High.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (814 to 712); teachers up 12% (39 to 43.6).
About Edgewood High
Edgewood High is a small high school that serves part of West Covina, California. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 712 students.
West Covina Unified has a total of 15 schools and 7,703 students, Edgewood High among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Edgewood High is 74%, a majority. After that, the student body is 18% Asian, 3% White, and 3% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.3:1. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 81%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 11 points.
Edgewood High holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of California public high schools.
A school with Edgewood High's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 32.3%. Edgewood High scores 38.5%, 6.2 points above that line.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Los Angeles County number 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Edgewood High's closest public school neighbor is Edgewood Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Edgewood High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 38.5% is above the 37.9% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Edgewood High is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 712 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 845. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Covina Unified
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- Hollencrest MiddleMiddle · 737 students
- Merced ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Edgewood MiddleMiddle · 597 students
- Orangewood ElementaryElementary · 580 students
- Merlinda ElementaryElementary · 460 students
Other schools in West Covina
- West Covina HighHigh · 1,756 students
- South Hills HighHigh · 1,568 students
- San Jose Charter AcademyElementary · 1,255 students
- Mesa ElementaryElementary · 753 students
- Hollencrest MiddleMiddle · 737 students
- Telesis Academy of Science & MathElementary · 621 students
Other Edgewood High schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Edgewood High. Edgewood High is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Edgewood HighEdgewood, MD · 1,440 students
- Edgewood High SchoolTrenton, OH · 1,053 students
- Edgewood High SchoolEllettsville, IN · 777 students
- Edgewood High SchoolAshtabula, OH · 470 students
- Edgewood High SchoolEDGEWOOD, TX · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Edgewood Middle0.0 mi · 597
- Orangewood Elementary0.2 mi · 580
- California Elementary0.5 mi · 220
- San Jose Charter Academy0.6 mi · 1,255
- Wescove Elementary0.6 mi · 224
- Baldwin Academy1.0 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Edgewood HighHow large is Edgewood High?
Edgewood High enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 09-12.
Is Edgewood High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edgewood High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edgewood High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edgewood High is approximately 16.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edgewood High?
At Edgewood High, the student body is approximately 3% White, 74% Hispanic, 3% Black, 18% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgewood High?
Edgewood High is overseen by West Covina Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.