Polytechnic High

Polytechnic High is one of the roomy senior highs in Long Beach, California, part of Long Beach Unified, with 3,890 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 364% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 82 schools in Long Beach Unified (62,255 students total), Polytechnic High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Polytechnic High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 17% Asian, 14% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Polytechnic High has 167 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Polytechnic High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Polytechnic High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Polytechnic High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Polytechnic High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Polytechnic High comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 4,142 students in 2018 compared to 3,890 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 45% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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