El Segundo High

El Segundo High is a medium-sized 9-12 campus in El Segundo, California, run under El Segundo Unified. The school serves 1,232 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 47% larger than typical.

Within El Segundo Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 3,462 students, El Segundo High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, El Segundo High logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting El Segundo High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at El Segundo High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, El Segundo High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 73.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), El Segundo High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arena High (Continuation), around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Segundo High. On composite proficiency, El Segundo High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 77.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Segundo High has edged up 3%, going from 1,194 students in 2018 to 1,232 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.