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Poway High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
15500 Espola Rd.
Poway, CA 92064
Phone
(858) 748-0245
District
Poway Unified
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2233
Classroom Teachers
91

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Poway High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
58%
41%
66%
55%
49%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
24
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 528 23.6%
Grade 10 582 26.1%
Grade 11 538 24.1%
Grade 12 585 26.2%
Total 2233 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.8% 43.8% 23.2%
Black 1.0% 1.9% 5.1%
Hispanic 35.1% 20.0% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.8% 34.0% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 22.4% 14.9% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 21.3% 14.2% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.1% 0.7% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 203,456 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,038.4 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.2% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 70,942 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.8% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 63.7% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.0% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.4% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.8% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.3% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.0% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.1% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 3.5% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,791 $271,906,000 53.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $582 $20,313,000 4.0%
Staff $564 $19,687,000 3.9%
General Administration $138 $4,806,000 0.9%
School Administration $656 $22,888,000 4.5%
Operation $1,029 $35,913,000 7.1%
Transportation $291 $10,140,000 2.0%
Other $741 $25,844,000 5.1%
Total Support $4,000 $139,591,000 27.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,801 $97,742,000 19.2%
Total Expenditures $14,591 $509,239,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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