Montebello High

Located at 2100 West Cleveland Ave., in Montebello, California, Montebello High is a substantial high school that hosts 1,907 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Montebello Unified. That puts it 128% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Montebello Unified, which oversees 29 schools and 19,149 students, Montebello High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Montebello High lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Montebello High reports 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Montebello High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Montebello High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.5%; this one delivers 26.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Montebello High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Montebello Intermediate, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Montebello High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 2,532 students in 2018 compared to 1,907 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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