Fontana High

Fontana High operates as a substantial 9-12 campus in Fontana, California, one of the schools within Fontana Unified. Current enrollment sits at 2,534 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 202% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Fontana High is one of 44 schools operated by Fontana Unified, a district that works with 32,735 students overall.

Demographically, Fontana High records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 2% Black, 2% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Fontana High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fontana High ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.7%; Fontana High posts 41.5%, +18.8 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household income runs about $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. Fontana High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Citrus Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fontana High comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,475 students in 2018 compared to 2,534 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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