La Puente High

La Puente High, a moderately sized senior high in La Puente, California, one of the schools within Hacienda la Puente Unified, teaches 813 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Across the 35 schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified (16,260 students total), La Puente High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, La Puente High shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Puente High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), La Puente High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Workman Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Puente High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

La Puente High operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 1,152 students in 2018 compared to 813 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for La Puente High typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.