Granada High

Granada High is a 9-12 campus of well-populated scale in Livermore, California, part of Livermore Valley Joint Unified, educateing 2,156 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 157% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Within Livermore Valley Joint Unified, which oversees 18 schools and 12,945 students, Granada High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Granada High shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Granada High records 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Granada High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Granada High is one.

Joe Michell is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Granada High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Granada High has contracted 5%, going from 2,261 students in 2018 to 2,156 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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