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What's the most underrated thing about Cypress High that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,685
High
DISTRICT 1,433 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM UNION HIGH·NCES 060263000172
Cypress High
9801 Valley View St., Cypress, CA 90630 · (714) 220-4144 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,633 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
74.2%
CA avg 47.1% . -9.8pp since 2014
Math
49.8%
CA avg 35.6% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 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 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,685
-199 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 28.5:1
% White
18%
was 16%
% Hispanic
33%
was 30%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
39%
was 37%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cypress High
Set in Cypress, California, Cypress High is a substantial 9-12 campus, part of Anaheim Union High. It hosts 2,685 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 220% larger than the state mean of about 838.
Cypress High is one of 21 schools operated by Anaheim Union High, a district that enrolls 26,076 students overall.
Demographically, Cypress High shows that the most-represented group is Asian (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 33% Hispanic, 18% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Cypress High shows 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cypress High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 62.0%, a residual of +18.7 points.
In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Cypress High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).
Juliet Morris Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cypress High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cypress High at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.6%.
Cypress High operates from a high-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Cypress High's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 2,884 (now 2,685). Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.5:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Anaheim Union High
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,983 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Savanna HighHigh · 1,466 students
Other schools in Cypress
- Oxford AcademyHigh · 1,315 students
- Lexington Junior HighMiddle · 1,188 students
- Margaret Landell ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Frank Vessels ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Juliet Morris ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- A. E. Arnold ElementaryElementary · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Juliet Morris Elementary0.3 mi · 562
- Frank Vessels Elementary0.6 mi · 650
- Holder Elementary0.6 mi · 445
- Oxford Academy0.8 mi · 1,315
- Cerritos Elementary1.0 mi · 368
- Orangeview Junior High1.0 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress HighHow large is Cypress High?
Cypress High enrolls approximately 2,685 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cypress High serve?
Cypress High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Cypress High have?
Cypress High employs 100 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Cypress High?
Student demographics at Cypress High are roughly 18% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 39% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cypress High in?
Cypress High is part of Anaheim Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.