Laguna Beach High

Located at 625 Park Ave., in Laguna Beach, California, Laguna Beach High is a moderately sized four-year high school that caters to 815 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Laguna Beach Unified.

Laguna Beach Unified runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,279 students. Laguna Beach High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Laguna Beach High records that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Laguna Beach High logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at Laguna Beach High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laguna Beach High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 77.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Laguna Beach High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thurston Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laguna Beach High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laguna Beach High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 69.4%.

Laguna Beach High operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Laguna Beach High's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,084 (now 815). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 78% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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