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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
2275
Classroom Teachers
91

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.5% 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%
67%
54%
48%
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
25
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 581 25.5%
Grade 10 562 24.7%
Grade 11 604 26.5%
Grade 12 528 23.2%
Total 2275 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.7% 44.8% 22.7%
Black 1.5% 2.0% 5.4%
Hispanic 34.9% 19.8% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.7% 33.0% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 21.9% 14.4% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 20.8% 13.7% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.1% 0.7% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 205,363 39,237,836
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,153.6 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 19.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.0% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 70,874 13,217,586
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.5% 84.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.0% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 43.0% 25.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.2% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.4% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.3% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.3% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 3.5% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,497 $273,618,009 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $561 $20,474,817 4.1%
Staff $563 $20,547,811 4.2%
General Administration $129 $4,708,113 1.0%
School Administration $644 $23,504,068 4.8%
Operation $1,007 $36,752,479 7.5%
Transportation $319 $11,642,543 2.4%
Other $487 $17,774,039 3.6%
Total Support $3,711 $135,440,367 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,301 $83,979,597 17.0%
Total Expenditures $13,509 $493,037,973 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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