Ganesha High

Ganesha High is a reasonably sized four-year high school in Pomona, California, one of the schools within Pomona Unified. The school hosts 895 students in grades 9 through 12.

Ganesha High is one of 37 schools operated by Pomona Unified, a district that educates 20,422 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ganesha High records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ganesha High has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ganesha High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 25.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Ganesha High is one.

Marshall Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ganesha High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ganesha High has contracted 4%, going from 936 students in 2018 to 895 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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