Mt. Eden High

As a heavily attended secondary school in Hayward, California, Mt. Eden High educates 1,865 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Hayward Unified. That puts it 123% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 28 schools in Hayward Unified (17,273 students total), Mt. Eden High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mt. Eden High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 22% Asian, 6% Black, 4% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mt. Eden High has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mt. Eden High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Mt. Eden High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Leadership Public Schools - Hayward, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mt. Eden High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt. Eden High at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 1,978 students in 2018 compared to 1,865 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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