Downey High
Downey, CA · High School · Grades 9-12
Downey High is a high school in Downey, CA with 4,063 students enrolled and a 44% proficiency rate. Part of Downey Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Downey High is a high school located in Downey, California. The school serves 4,063 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 44% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 74% graduation rate.
68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
Downey High is part of the Downey Unified in California. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Downey High has 4,063 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Downey Unified (1,015 students). Its 44% proficiency rate is 4 percentage points above the district average of 39%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 2 points lower. The 23.4:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Downey High has 4,063 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 44% of students at Downey High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Downey High has a 74% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Downey High is part of the Downey Unified in Downey, California. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.