Laguna Hills High

As a sprawling four-year high school in Laguna Hills, California, Laguna Hills High serves 1,317 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Saddleback Valley Unified. That puts it 57% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Saddleback Valley Unified runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 22,646 students. Laguna Hills High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Laguna Hills High shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laguna Hills High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 42.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Laguna Hills High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Lomarena Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laguna Hills High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laguna Hills High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Laguna Hills High's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,599 (now 1,317). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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