Patricia Dreizler Continuation High

Patricia Dreizler Continuation High, a very small secondary school in Redondo Beach, California, run under Redondo Beach Unified, instructs 41 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

Redondo Beach Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,454 students; Patricia Dreizler Continuation High is among them.

On demographics, Patricia Dreizler Continuation High lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Patricia Dreizler Continuation High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows 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%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Patricia Dreizler Continuation High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Redondo Beach Learning Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Patricia Dreizler Continuation High.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 41 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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