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Does La Habra High have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,881
High
DISTRICT 1,575 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULLERTON JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 061476001811
La Habra High
801 West Highlander Ave., La Habra, CA 90631 · (562) 266-5200 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,881 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.5:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,225 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 437 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 465 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 508 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 471 | 25% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
53.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -14.0pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.7% | 31.4% | 22.5% | 24.5% |
| Math | 8.3% | 16.6% | 29.4% | 45.8% |
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 | 53.0% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 57.3% | 27.9% |
| 2021-22 | 48.6% | 22.3% |
| 2020-21 | 55.3% | 34.7% |
| 2018-19 | 62.4% | 34.4% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 63.9% | 34.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 La Habra High
La Habra High's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Habra High this school | 1,881 | 65.1% | 39.9% |
| Mission Oak High Tulare | 1,678 | 66.3% | 38.2% |
| Sanger High Sanger | 2,426 | 69.6% | 55.3% |
| Piner High Santa Rosa | 1,434 | 64.4% | 27.1% |
| El Diamante High Visalia | 1,890 | 62.6% | 47.2% |
| Littlerock High Littlerock | 1,507 | 66.3% | 18.2% |
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 La Habra High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #531 of 1,052 | #54 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #528 of 1,056 ▼ 35 | #52 of 69 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #633 of 1,056 ▼ 159 | #55 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #427 of 1,044 | #20 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,881 | #354 of 2,093 | #39 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #1,057 of 1,352 | #59 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #987 of 1,351 | #64 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #952 of 1,575 | #52 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #317 of 802 | #37 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
1,881
-196 (-9%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,605
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 1,881 | 79.9 | 23.5:1 | 65% (1,225) |
| 2023-24 | 1,977 | 83.3 | 23.7:1 | 63% (1,254) |
| 2022-23 | 2,054 | 83.8 | 24.5:1 | 63% (1,294) |
| 2020-21 | 2,077 | 85 | 24.4:1 | 40% (833) |
| 2017-18 | 2,194 | 77.1 | 28.5:1 | 51% (1,113) |
| 2015-16 | 2,212 | 74 | 29.9:1 | 47% (1,048) |
| 2010-11 | 2,304 | N/A | N/A | 38% (877) |
| 2000-01 | 1,989 | 77 | 25.8:1 | 1% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 1,605 | 68 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Habra High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (2,194 to 1,881); teachers up 4% (77.1 to 79.9).
About La Habra High
At 801 West Highlander Ave. in La Habra, California, La Habra High operates as a large high school. The school had 1,881 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Fullerton Joint Union High is the local district for La Habra High. It runs 8 schools with 12,597 students.
The student body at La Habra High is 83% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% White. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 79.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at La Habra High was 23.5:1. This ratio sits 5.3 above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 65%. The average for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
allk12 grades La Habra High a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
La Habra High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (39.9%) and its predicted rate (41.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 649 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 430,458 students in all.
Walnut Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around La Habra High holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.3% on proficiency, and La Habra High is below that at 39.9%.
In the federal locale system, La Habra High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 2,077 in 2020-21 to 1,881 in 2024-25.
Community posts for La Habra High can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Fullerton Joint Union High
- Troy HighHigh · 2,504 students
- Sunny Hills HighHigh · 2,337 students
- Fullerton Union HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Sonora HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Buena Park HighHigh · 1,682 students
- La Vista High (Continuation)High · 298 students
Other schools in La Habra
- Sonora HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Imperial MiddleMiddle · 495 students
- El Portal ElementaryElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Elementary0.3 mi · 446
- El Portal Elementary0.6 mi · 469
- El Cerrito Elementary0.6 mi · 379
- Macy Elementary1.0 mi · 413
- Washington Middle1.1 mi · 580
- Las Lomas Elementary1.2 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About La Habra HighHow many students attend La Habra High?
La Habra High enrolls approximately 1,881 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does La Habra High serve?
La Habra High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Habra High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Habra High is approximately 23.5:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at La Habra High?
Student demographics at La Habra High are roughly 13% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is La Habra High in?
La Habra High is part of Fullerton Joint Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.