Everest Public High

Everest Public High is the name of a very small high school in Redwood City, California. In all, 224 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 73% below the average of about 838 students for high schools in California.

The local education agency for Everest Public High is Everest Public High District.

The share of Hispanic students at Everest Public High is 94%. Next come 3% multiracial. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. The diversity index for Everest Public High is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

On staff are 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. That is in line with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Everest Public High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 82%. On average, public schools in San Mateo County report 34%.

In the surrounding county, San Mateo County, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. San Mateo County has 176 public schools with about 82,403 students, including Everest Public High.

Garfield Elementary is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Everest Public High, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

A 38% decline took enrollment from 361 in 2020-21 to 224 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.4:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).

Everest Public High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.