La Habra High

La Habra High is a sizable secondary school in La Habra, California, operated by Fullerton Joint Union High. The school educates 1,881 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 124% above typical.

Fullerton Joint Union High comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 12,597 students; La Habra High is among them.

In terms of who attends, La Habra High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest breaks down as 13% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Habra High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. La Habra High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Walnut Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Habra High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Habra High has contracted 14%, going from 2,194 students in 2018 to 1,881 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 28.5:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

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