Loara High

Loara High, a well-populated high school in Anaheim, California, one of the schools within Anaheim Union High, serves 1,539 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Loara High sits 84% bigger than that benchmark.

Anaheim Union High comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 26,076 students; Loara High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Loara High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest reads as 10% Asian, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Loara High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 24.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household income runs about $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%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Loara High is one campus in the mix.

Madison (James) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loara High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.8%.

Loara High operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Loara High's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 2,063 (now 1,539). Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.