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What's the most underrated thing about Glendale High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,066
High
DISTRICT 1,250 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001931
Glendale High
1440 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 · (818) 242-3161 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,066 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
1,136 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 494 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 533 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 490 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 549 | 27% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -21.8pp since 2014
Math
20.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 21.1% | 20.6% | 42.1% |
| Math | 7.5% | 12.6% | 15.0% | 65.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.2% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 19.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.7% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 23.9% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 33.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.3% | 31.1% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.0% | 34.5% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 34.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Glendale High
Glendale High's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale High this school | 2,066 | 55.0% | 28.3% |
| Chico High Chico | 1,804 | 56.8% | 53.3% |
| Granite Hills High El Cajon | 2,331 | 57.6% | 33.3% |
| El Capitan High Lakeside | 1,810 | 52.2% | 38.0% |
| Roseville High Roseville | 1,443 | 50.6% | 42.7% |
| Pleasant Valley High Chico | 1,978 | 46.3% | 56.8% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Glendale High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #846 of 1,052 | #177 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #674 of 1,056 ▼ 57 | #157 of 229 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #926 of 1,056 ▲ 4 | #198 of 229 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #244 of 1,044 | #24 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,066 | #253 of 2,093 | #49 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #951 of 1,352 | #275 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #476 of 1,351 | #71 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #1,116 of 1,575 | #329 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #548 of 802 | #173 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,066
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 2,222
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 23.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,066 | 91.3 | 22.6:1 | 55% (1,136) |
| 2023-24 | 2,006 | 96.1 | 20.9:1 | 67% (1,350) |
| 2022-23 | 1,978 | 90.5 | 21.9:1 | 61% (1,208) |
| 2020-21 | 2,068 | 88 | 23.5:1 | 66% (1,365) |
| 2017-18 | 2,228 | 91.2 | 24.4:1 | 70% (1,554) |
| 2015-16 | 2,433 | 95 | 25.6:1 | 69% (1,669) |
| 2010-11 | 2,909 | N/A | N/A | 58% (1,695) |
| 2000-01 | 3,493 | 144 | 24.3:1 | 55% (1,921) |
| 1990-91 | 2,222 | 93 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glendale High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (2,228 to 2,066); teachers unchanged (91.2 to 91.3).
About Glendale High
At 1440 East Broadway in Glendale, California, Glendale High operates as a large high school. It educates 2,066 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 147% bigger than the 838 average for high schools in California.
Glendale High sits within Glendale Unified, which has 32 schools and 25,294 students.
White students are the majority at Glendale High, with 57% of enrollment. It is also 31% Hispanic and 10% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 31% White, 26 points below the school's share. Glendale High's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 91.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.6:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 55%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 15 points higher.
Glendale High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 47.3%, so the school is 19.0 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Glendale High is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Glendale High is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is John Marshall Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Glendale High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 49.8% on proficiency, and Glendale High is below that at 28.3%.
NCES describes the area around Glendale High as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 2,068 students in 2020-21 and 2,066 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Glendale High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet HighHigh · 1,136 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
- Thomas Edison ElementaryElementary · 859 students
Other Glendale High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Glendale High. Glendale High is the largest of the 3.
- Glendale High SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 1,734 students
- GLENDALE HIGHSPRINGFIELD, MO · 1,357 students
Nearby schools
- John Marshall Elementary0.4 mi · 486
- Glenoaks Elementary0.7 mi · 486
- John Muir Elementary0.8 mi · 810
- Woodrow Wilson Middle0.8 mi · 1,182
- R. D. White Elementary1.0 mi · 948
- Jewel City Community Day1.1 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Glendale HighWhat is the total enrollment at Glendale High?
Glendale High enrolls approximately 2,066 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Glendale High serve?
Glendale High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Glendale High have?
Glendale High employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Glendale High?
Student demographics at Glendale High are roughly 57% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Glendale High in?
Glendale High is part of Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.