📍 5450 Victoria Ave., Riverside, Riverside County, 92506
Polytechnic High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Riverside, Riverside County. The school has 2,660 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Darel Hansen. It is part of the Riverside Unified school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 103.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.8:1.
Polytechnic High enrolls 2,660 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 103.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 4.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,735 | 65% |
| White | 629 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 126 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 92 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 57 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,836 of the school's 2,660 students (69%) 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.
Polytechnic High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Polytechnic High is one of 49 schools in Riverside Unified, based in Riverside, California. The district serves 38,033 students district-wide and employs 1,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 2,660 students, Polytechnic High is larger than the district average of about 776 students per school.