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Enrollment
2,776
High
DISTRICT 1,527 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSTIN UNIFIED·NCES 064015010994
Arnold O. Beckman High
3588 Bryan Ave., Irvine, CA 92602 · (714) 734-2900 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,776 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
1,235 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 706 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 689 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 709 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 672 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
82.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.4pp since 2014
Math
61.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.7% | 24.9% | 10.0% | 7.4% |
| Math | 40.4% | 20.9% | 17.1% | 21.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.6% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 85.9% | 61.1% |
| 2022-23 | 79.1% | 57.6% |
| 2021-22 | 81.7% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 78.7% | 66.2% |
| 2018-19 | 75.2% | 62.4% |
| 2017-18 | 80.1% | 64.3% |
| 2016-17 | 84.4% | 68.0% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 64.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arnold O. Beckman High
Arnold O. Beckman High's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold O. Beckman High this school | 2,776 | 44.5% | 72.7% |
| Sunny Hills High Fullerton | 2,337 | 48.5% | 70.2% |
| Lowell High San Francisco | 2,571 | 42.5% | 77.3% |
| Castro Valley High Castro Valley | 2,874 | 40.0% | 58.2% |
| Troy High Fullerton | 2,504 | 39.7% | 81.2% |
| Washington (George) High San Francisco | 2,068 | 51.8% | 64.6% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arnold O. Beckman High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #65 of 1,052 | #7 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #83 of 1,056 ▼ 13 | #12 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #70 of 1,056 ▼ 23 | #5 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #588 of 1,044 | #35 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,776 | #47 of 2,093 | #3 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #1,292 of 1,352 | #82 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #165 of 1,351 | #12 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #1,231 of 1,575 | #67 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #557 of 802 | #60 of 71 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,776
-162 (-6%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 2,369
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 27.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,776 | 105.2 | 26.4:1 | 44% (1,235) |
| 2023-24 | 2,713 | 103.4 | 26.2:1 | 37% (1,002) |
| 2022-23 | 2,798 | 105.4 | 26.6:1 | 24% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 2,938 | 107 | 27.5:1 | 22% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 2,987 | 109.8 | 27.2:1 | 25% (735) |
| 2015-16 | 2,847 | 103 | 27.6:1 | 24% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 2,369 | N/A | N/A | 24% (562) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arnold O. Beckman High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (2,987 to 2,776); teachers down 4% (109.8 to 105.2).
About Arnold O. Beckman High
Arnold O. Beckman High is a high-enrollment high school. Its address is in Irvine, California. It reported 2,776 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 231% higher.
Tustin Unified, which runs Arnold O. Beckman High, has 28 schools and 21,220 students.
The biggest share of students at Arnold O. Beckman High, 45%, is Asian. The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 18% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Asian share of Orange County's population at about 22%. The diversity index for Arnold O. Beckman High is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arnold O. Beckman High is 26.4:1, based on 105.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Among California public high schools, Arnold O. Beckman High outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Arnold O. Beckman High beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 19.3 points (72.7% versus 53.5%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Orange County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Arnold O. Beckman High.
Brywood Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Arnold O. Beckman High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Arnold O. Beckman High places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 26.4 students per teacher, compared with 27.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Arnold O. Beckman High is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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- Brywood Elementary0.7 mi · 578
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- College Park Elementary1.0 mi · 430
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Frequently asked questions
About Arnold O. Beckman HighHow large is Arnold O. Beckman High?
Arnold O. Beckman High enrolls approximately 2,776 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Arnold O. Beckman High serve?
Arnold O. Beckman High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Arnold O. Beckman High have?
Arnold O. Beckman High employs 105 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arnold O. Beckman High?
At Arnold O. Beckman High, the student body is approximately 18% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 45% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Arnold O. Beckman High?
Arnold O. Beckman High is overseen by Tustin Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.