Huntington Beach High

Huntington Beach High is an expansive senior high in Huntington Beach, California, part of Huntington Beach Union High. The school serves 2,645 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 216% above typical.

Across the 8 schools in Huntington Beach Union High (13,967 students total), Huntington Beach High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Huntington Beach High reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 34% 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 south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Huntington Beach High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.4%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -4.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Huntington Beach High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Agnes L. Smith Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Huntington Beach High. On composite proficiency, Huntington Beach High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.6%.

Huntington Beach High operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 2,954 students in 2018 compared to 2,645 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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