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If you had an hour of school board time for Bolsa Grande High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,701
High
DISTRICT 1,375 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001827
Bolsa Grande High
9401 Westminster Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92844 · (714) 663-6424 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,701 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
20.8:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,466 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 383 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 445 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 448 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 425 | 25% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
69.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
49.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.4% | 29.7% | 14.8% | 16.1% |
| Math | 25.1% | 24.6% | 21.7% | 28.6% |
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 | 69.1% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.8% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.9% | 50.2% |
| 2020-21 | 72.2% | 49.9% |
| 2018-19 | 69.1% | 52.8% |
| 2017-18 | 69.4% | 52.1% |
| 2016-17 | 64.0% | 47.8% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% 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 29 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 Bolsa Grande High
Bolsa Grande High's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolsa Grande High this school | 1,701 | 86.2% | 57.8% |
| Rosemead High Rosemead | 1,691 | 85.8% | 58.6% |
| Garden Grove High Garden Grove | 2,148 | 82.3% | 57.6% |
| Westminster High Westminster | 2,529 | 85.9% | 53.6% |
| Gabrielino High San Gabriel | 1,438 | 70.0% | 57.8% |
| San Gabriel High San Gabriel | 1,761 | 66.4% | 52.7% |
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 Bolsa Grande High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #204 of 1,052 | #33 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #172 of 1,056 ▲ 16 | #27 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #264 of 1,056 ▲ 43 | #33 of 69 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #225 of 1,044 | #17 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,701 | #439 of 2,093 | #46 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #658 of 1,352 | #26 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #614 of 1,351 | #42 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #440 of 1,575 | #31 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #274 of 802 | #31 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
1,701
-158 (-8%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,519
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 1,701 | 81.8 | 20.8:1 | 86% (1,466) |
| 2023-24 | 1,726 | 78.4 | 22.0:1 | 87% (1,503) |
| 2022-23 | 1,723 | 76.5 | 22.5:1 | 85% (1,470) |
| 2020-21 | 1,859 | 78 | 23.8:1 | 77% (1,431) |
| 2017-18 | 2,016 | 83.2 | 24.2:1 | 74% (1,486) |
| 2015-16 | 1,995 | 81 | 24.6:1 | 69% (1,377) |
| 2010-11 | 2,046 | N/A | N/A | 71% (1,461) |
| 2000-01 | 1,523 | 61 | 25.0:1 | 66% (1,006) |
| 1990-91 | 1,519 | 61 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bolsa Grande High.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (2,016 to 1,701); teachers down 2% (83.2 to 81.8).
About Bolsa Grande High
Bolsa Grande High is a large high school serving families in Garden Grove, California. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,701 students on the rolls. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 103% bigger than average.
District-wide, Garden Grove Unified has 64 schools and 36,994 students.
The student body at Bolsa Grande High is 57% Asian. The school is also 38% Hispanic and 3% White. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 81.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bolsa Grande High has a ratio of 20.8:1. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 86% at Bolsa Grande High. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Bolsa Grande High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of California public high schools.
Bolsa Grande High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 29.0%, so the school is 28.8 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
For the population of Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Bolsa Grande High's closest public school neighbor is A. G. Cook Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Bolsa Grande High ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Bolsa Grande High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 1,859 to 1,701. By 2024-25, the school had 20.8 students per teacher, compared with 23.8 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Garden Grove Unified
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Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
- Ocia A. Peters ElementaryElementary · 893 students
Nearby schools
- A. G. Cook Elementary0.4 mi · 345
- Donald S. Jordan Intermediate0.4 mi · 551
- Merton E. Hill Elementary0.5 mi · 278
- Anderson Elementary0.5 mi · 445
- Jordan Secondary Learning Center0.5 mi · 97
- Sunnyside Elementary0.7 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Bolsa Grande HighWhat is the total enrollment at Bolsa Grande High?
Bolsa Grande High enrolls approximately 1,701 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bolsa Grande High serve?
Bolsa Grande High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bolsa Grande High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bolsa Grande High is approximately 20.8:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bolsa Grande High?
At Bolsa Grande High, the student body is approximately 3% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 57% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bolsa Grande High public or private?
Bolsa Grande High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.