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Anaheim High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Anaheim High
Anaheim High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in Anaheim, California, run under Anaheim Union High. Current enrollment sits at 2,667 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 218% above the state mean of about 838.
Anaheim High is one of 21 schools operated by Anaheim Union High, a district that caters to 26,076 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Anaheim High shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Anaheim High reports 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anaheim High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Anaheim High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anaheim High. On composite proficiency, Anaheim High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.
Anaheim High operates from a downtown location.
Looking at the recent track record. Anaheim High's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 3,115 (now 2,667). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.
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