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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the La Puente High administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
813
High
DISTRICT 780 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED·NCES 061632502049
La Puente High
15615 East Nelson Ave., La Puente, CA 91744 · (626) 934-6700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of California public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
707 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 183 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 200 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 225 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 205 | 25% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
31.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -29.2pp since 2014
Math
12.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.3% | 21.5% | 29.7% | 38.5% |
| Math | 2.6% | 9.7% | 20.5% | 67.2% |
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 | 31.8% | 12.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 13.1% |
| 2022-23 | 38.9% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 13.4% |
| 2018-19 | 48.4% | 19.8% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 23.6% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 15.0% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Puente High
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Puente High this school | 813 | 87.0% | 25.1% |
| Del Sol High Oxnard | 808 | 87.3% | N/A |
| Magnolia Science Academy Reseda | 746 | 86.2% | N/A |
| PUC Comm Charter Mid and PUC Comm Charter Early College High Lake View Terrace | 776 | 86.7% | N/A |
| Delhi High Delhi | 710 | 90.0% | 23.5% |
| PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High Sylmar | 794 | 88.8% | N/A |
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 Puente High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #924 of 1,052 | #196 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #912 of 1,056 ▼ 85 | #200 of 229 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #984 of 1,056 ▼ 174 | #215 of 229 ▼ 45 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.3pp | #63 of 1,044 | #7 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #833 of 2,093 | #182 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #695 of 1,352 | #226 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #1,194 of 1,351 | #277 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #409 of 1,575 | #190 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #67 of 802 | #33 of 227 |
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
813
-255 (-24%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,681
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 813 | 38.6 | 21.1:1 | 87% (707) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 44.6 | 19.4:1 | 87% (754) |
| 2022-23 | 960 | 47.1 | 20.4:1 | 87% (838) |
| 2020-21 | 1,068 | 46 | 23.2:1 | 90% (958) |
| 2017-18 | 1,152 | 44.5 | 25.9:1 | 87% (997) |
| 2015-16 | 1,288 | 51 | 25.3:1 | 86% (1,114) |
| 2010-11 | 1,642 | N/A | N/A | 83% (1,365) |
| 2000-01 | 1,618 | 66 | 24.5:1 | 57% (917) |
| 1990-91 | 1,681 | 70 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Puente High.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,152 to 813); teachers down 13% (44.5 to 38.6).
About La Puente High
La Puente High is a medium-sized high school located in La Puente, California. The school's 813 students are in grades 9 through 12.
Hacienda la Puente Unified enrolls 16,260 students, and its 35 schools include La Puente High.
Most students at La Puente High are Hispanic: 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% Asian. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. By the diversity index, La Puente High comes in at 14%.
The school has about 21.1 students per teacher and 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
La Puente High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for La Puente High is -3.5 points: 25.1% actual, 28.6% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. La Puente High is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Workman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 25.1% is below the 32.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,068 in 2020-21 and 813 in 2024-25, a decrease of 255 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.1:1) than in 2020-21 (23.2:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- William Workman HighHigh · 723 students
Other schools in La Puente
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Sparks MiddleMiddle · 600 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Baldwin AcademyElementary · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Workman Elementary0.5 mi · 347
- Sierra Vista Middle0.6 mi · 270
- Sparks Elementary0.7 mi · 361
- Del Valle Elementary0.8 mi · 212
- Sparks Middle0.8 mi · 600
- Nelson Elementary0.9 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About La Puente HighWhat is the total enrollment at La Puente High?
La Puente High enrolls approximately 813 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does La Puente High serve?
La Puente High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at La Puente High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at La Puente High is approximately 21.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Puente High?
At La Puente High, the student body is approximately 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is La Puente High in?
La Puente High is part of Hacienda la Puente Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.