Polytechnic High

Polytechnic High is a sprawling secondary school in Riverside, California, part of Riverside Unified. The school enrolls 2,484 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 196% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 48 schools in Riverside Unified (38,002 students total), Polytechnic High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Polytechnic High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 22% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Polytechnic High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Polytechnic High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 49.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Riverside County) reports that median household income runs about $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Polytechnic High is one.

Alcott Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Polytechnic High. On composite proficiency, Polytechnic High comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

Polytechnic High operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Polytechnic High's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 2,607 (now 2,484). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 60% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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