Options For Youth - Duarte Inc

Options For Youth - Duarte Inc is a high school in City Of Industry, CA that enrolls 2,354 students in grades 7-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Options For Youth - Duarte Inc District. That headcount is above the 2,354-student average for schools in the district.

On the latest EDFacts assessments, 30% of students met grade-level proficiency in combined math and reading. EDFacts reports this rate at the district level and each state sets its own cut score, so it reads best as a relative marker rather than a verdict on any one classroom. That tracks the 30% district average closely, within a few points either way. Against the 45% California statewide average, the school sits 15 points lower.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 31 points. As a high school, it reports a 68% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 28.0 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a predominantly low-income student body. It is a charter school and receives Title I federal funding, a poverty-based designation rather than a quality marker.