Cerritos Highschools student population cosists of 69.4% asian/pacific islander, 13.3% hispanic and latino american, 7.2% white, 6.7%african american, and 0.3% american indian or alaska native. Cerritos High has one of, if not the biggest, population of asian americans in their school with just under 70% of its schools population being of many different races across asia.
Student enrollment by ethnicity from greatest to least: