📍 27035 Whitman Rd., Hayward, Alameda County, 94544
Tennyson High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Hayward, Alameda County. The school has 1,551 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Veronica Estrada. It is part of the Hayward Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 85.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
Tennyson High enrolls 1,551 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 85.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Asian and 4.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,193 | 77% |
| Asian | 179 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 4.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 51 | 3.3% |
| White | 24 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,004 of the school's 1,551 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tennyson High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Tennyson High is one of 29 schools in Hayward Unified, based in Hayward, California. The district serves 17,377 students district-wide and employs 850 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,551 students, Tennyson High is larger than the district average of about 599 students per school.