Buena Park High

Buena Park High is a big 9-12 campus in Buena Park, California, overseen by Fullerton Joint Union High. The school serves 1,682 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Buena Park High is one of 8 schools operated by Fullerton Joint Union High, a district that hosts 12,597 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Buena Park High logs that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Asian, 4% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Buena Park High records 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Buena Park High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.5%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Buena Park High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: James A. Whitaker Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Buena Park High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 1,983 students in 2018 compared to 1,682 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 78% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Buena Park High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.