South Hills High

South Hills High operates as an expansive high school in West Covina, California, run under Covina-Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,568 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so South Hills High sits 87% bigger than that benchmark.

Covina-Valley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 11,028 students; South Hills High is among them.

On the student-mix side, South Hills High shows that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Asian, 6% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, South Hills High shows 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, South Hills High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.4%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. South Hills High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Mesa Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Hills High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Hills High's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,624 (now 1,568). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 71% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.