Gilroy High

As a big 9-12 campus in Gilroy, California, Gilroy High caters to 1,618 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Gilroy Unified. That puts it 93% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Gilroy Unified, which oversees 14 schools and 10,176 students, Gilroy High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gilroy High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Gilroy High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gilroy High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 37.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gilroy High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Glen View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gilroy High. On composite proficiency, Gilroy High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Gilroy High operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,654 students in 2018 compared to 1,618 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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