Warren (Earl) High

Located at 8141 De Palma St., in Downey, California, Warren (Earl) High is a sizable high school that serves 3,609 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Downey Unified. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 331% bigger than typical.

Downey Unified comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 22,405 students; Warren (Earl) High is among them.

On demographics, Warren (Earl) High logs that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Warren (Earl) High has 148 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Warren (Earl) High higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Warren (Earl) High sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.0%; actual is 48.2%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Warren (Earl) High is one.

Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Warren (Earl) High. On composite proficiency, Warren (Earl) High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Warren (Earl) High has showed little movement, going from 3,638 students in 2018 to 3,609 in 2025.

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