Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex

As a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Grand Terrace, California, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex serves 1,647 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Colton Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex sits 97% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Colton Joint Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 18,397 students, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 10% White, 8% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.6%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Highgrove Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex has fell 22%, going from 2,114 students in 2018 to 1,647 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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