La Familia Continuation High

La Familia Continuation High is a four-year high school of very small scale in Thermal, California, run under Coachella Valley Unified, educateing 254 students in grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

La Familia Continuation High is one of 21 schools operated by Coachella Valley Unified, a district that enrolls 15,817 students overall.

Demographically, La Familia Continuation High logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting La Familia Continuation High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at La Familia Continuation High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. La Familia Continuation High is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

The closest other public school is John Kelley Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Familia Continuation High.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Familia Continuation High has ticked up 94%, going from 131 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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