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Enrollment
3,171
High
DISTRICT 1,746 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGTON BEACH UNION HIGH·NCES 061806002228
Fountain Valley High
17816 Bushard, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 962-3301 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,171 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% 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.
- 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
27.3:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
1,664 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 790 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 768 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 810 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 803 | 25% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
80.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
62.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.8% | 31.8% | 12.6% | 6.9% |
| Math | 33.2% | 29.0% | 20.1% | 17.7% |
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 | 80.6% | 62.2% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 61.5% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 58.8% |
| 2021-22 | 84.8% | 63.1% |
| 2020-21 | 93.9% | 79.9% |
| 2018-19 | 85.2% | 68.5% |
| 2017-18 | 82.0% | 62.8% |
| 2016-17 | 85.6% | 66.2% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 23 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 Fountain Valley High
Fountain Valley High's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Valley High this school | 3,171 | 52.5% | 71.9% |
| Washington (George) High San Francisco | 2,068 | 51.8% | 64.6% |
| Lowell High San Francisco | 2,571 | 42.5% | 77.3% |
| Sunny Hills High Fullerton | 2,337 | 48.5% | 70.2% |
| Arnold O. Beckman High Irvine | 2,776 | 44.5% | 72.7% |
| Lincoln (Abraham) High San Francisco | 2,074 | 54.5% | 54.6% |
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 Fountain Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #72 of 1,052 | #9 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #75 of 1,056 ▼ 8 | #10 of 69 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #93 of 1,056 ▼ 25 | #6 of 69 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #231 of 1,044 | #20 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,171 | #19 of 2,093 | #1 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.3:1 | #1,314 of 1,352 | #84 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #382 of 1,351 | #28 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #1,145 of 1,575 | #58 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #384 of 802 | #42 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
3,171
-219 (-6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 2,669
Student : Teacher
27.3:1
was 27.6:1
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 | 3,171 | 116 | 27.3:1 | 52% (1,664) |
| 2023-24 | 3,130 | 119.7 | 26.1:1 | 51% (1,596) |
| 2022-23 | 3,180 | 121.9 | 26.1:1 | 49% (1,566) |
| 2020-21 | 3,390 | 123 | 27.6:1 | 29% (995) |
| 2017-18 | 3,612 | 129.1 | 28.0:1 | 33% (1,177) |
| 2015-16 | 3,558 | 121 | 29.4:1 | 27% (950) |
| 2010-11 | 3,385 | N/A | N/A | 17% (578) |
| 2000-01 | 2,827 | 103 | 27.4:1 | 3% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 2,669 | 109 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fountain Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (3,612 to 3,171); teachers down 10% (129.1 to 116).
About Fountain Valley High
Fountain Valley High is a large high school in California, with an address in Fountain Valley. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 3,171 students enrolled. The average among high schools in California is roughly 838 students; this school is 278% above that.
Within Huntington Beach Union High, Fountain Valley High is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 13,967 students.
Roughly 56% of students at Fountain Valley High are Asian. Other reported shares: 20% White, 17% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Orange County's residents are about 22% Asian, 34 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Fountain Valley High's 116 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 27.3:1. On average, high schools in California have 18.2:1, compared with 27.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 52%.
Fountain Valley High is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 48.8% for Fountain Valley High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 71.9%. The 23.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
Fountain Valley High is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Fountain Valley High, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Valley Vista High, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Fountain Valley High is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 3,171 students in 2024-25, 219 fewer than the 3,390 it had in 2020-21.
Discussions about Fountain Valley High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Huntington Beach Union High
- Huntington Beach HighHigh · 2,645 students
- Westminster HighHigh · 2,529 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,049 students
- Marina HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Ocean View HighHigh · 1,154 students
- Valley Vista HighHigh · 263 students
Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
- Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Vista View MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Courreges (Roch) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Vista High0.2 mi · 263
- Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary0.8 mi · 530
- Fulton (Harry C.) Middle0.8 mi · 753
- Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary0.9 mi · 526
- Courreges (Roch) Elementary1.0 mi · 631
- Masuda (Kazuo) Middle1.0 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About Fountain Valley HighHow many students attend Fountain Valley High?
Fountain Valley High enrolls approximately 3,171 students in grades 09-12.
Is Fountain Valley High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fountain Valley High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Fountain Valley High have?
Fountain Valley High employs 116 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Fountain Valley High?
Student demographics at Fountain Valley High are roughly 20% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 56% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Fountain Valley High public or private?
Fountain Valley High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntington Beach Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.