Educational Training Center

Educational Training Center is a minimally staffed senior high in Needles, California, one of the schools within Needles Unified. The school hosts 9 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 838.

Across the 7 schools in Needles Unified (921 students total), Educational Training Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Educational Training Center lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Native American. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Educational Training Center tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Educational Training Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Needles High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 40%: 15 students in 2018 compared to 9 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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