Foothill High

Located at 4375 Foothill Rd., in Pleasanton, California, Foothill High is a well-populated four-year high school that serves 2,169 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Pleasanton Unified. That puts it 159% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Pleasanton Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 13,302 students. Foothill High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Foothill High records that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 26% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.3:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothill High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.2%, the actual is 74.0%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, Alameda County reports that median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Foothill High is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Lydiksen Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foothill High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foothill High at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 76.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,176 students in 2018 compared to 2,169 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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