Polytechnic High
Long Beach, CA · High School · Grades 9-12
Polytechnic High is a high school in Long Beach, CA with 3,952 students enrolled and a 46% proficiency rate. Part of Long Beach Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Polytechnic High is a high school located in Long Beach, California. The school serves 3,952 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 46% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 82% graduation rate.
54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Polytechnic High is part of the Long Beach Unified in California. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Polytechnic High has 3,952 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Long Beach Unified (794 students). Its 46% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 49%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 1 points higher. The 23.7:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Polytechnic High has 3,952 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 46% of students at Polytechnic High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Polytechnic High has a 82% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Polytechnic High is part of the Long Beach Unified in Long Beach, 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.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.