Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High

Located at 1400 Mt. Olive Dr., in Duarte, California, Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High is a very small secondary school that hosts 54 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Duarte Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 94% leaner than the state mean of about 838.

Duarte Unified comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,949 students; Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 4% White, 4% Black. 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, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Royal Oaks STEAM Academy (K-8), around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 64 (now 54). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.