West Covina High

West Covina High is a high school of sizable scale in West Covina, California, overseen by West Covina Unified, hosting 1,756 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so West Covina High sits 110% above that benchmark.

Within West Covina Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 7,703 students, West Covina High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, West Covina High logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, West Covina High has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting West Covina High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 82% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Covina High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.7%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), West Covina High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cameron Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Covina High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Covina High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Covina High has fell 21%, going from 2,227 students in 2018 to 1,756 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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