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Thornton High, Daly City, CA

Thornton High is a public high school in Daly City, part of Jefferson Union High. It enrolled 89 students in 2024-25, with 12.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
89
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Students per teacher
12.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.4 lower than the district figure of 19.1. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.7
District19.1
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
115 First Ave., Daly City, CA 94014
Phone
(650)550-7840
District
Jefferson Union High
County
San Mateo County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
061893001427
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
44
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
4752.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
40Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Jefferson Union High

High schools elsewhere in Daly City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.