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Which teacher or staff member at Los Amigos High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,430
High
DISTRICT 1,375 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001858
Los Amigos High
16566 Newhope St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 663-6288 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,430 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,321 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 348 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 329 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 378 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 375 | 26% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
62.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
29.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.2% | 32.5% | 19.5% | 17.8% |
| Math | 12.9% | 17.0% | 24.3% | 45.9% |
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 | 62.7% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.9% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 52.1% | 17.1% |
| 2020-21 | 66.1% | 25.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 26.3% |
| 2017-18 | 50.7% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 60.9% | 27.8% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in California's top 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 Los Amigos High
Los Amigos High's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Amigos High this school | 1,430 | 92.4% | 44.9% |
| Santiago High Garden Grove | 1,664 | 92.1% | 40.3% |
| Loara High Anaheim | 1,539 | 92.4% | 23.2% |
| El Monte High El Monte | 1,383 | 95.8% | 52.6% |
| Sierra Vista High Baldwin Park | 1,650 | 87.9% | 49.1% |
| Savanna High Anaheim | 1,466 | 89.6% | 28.0% |
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 Los Amigos High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #407 of 1,052 | #48 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #433 of 1,056 ▼ 30 | #48 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #405 of 1,056 ▲ 54 | #46 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #97 of 1,044 | #1 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,430 | #599 of 2,093 | #62 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #543 of 1,352 | #23 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #999 of 1,351 | #65 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #219 of 1,575 | #8 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #166 of 802 | #16 of 71 |
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
1,430
-281 (-16%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,557
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 1,430 | 71.6 | 20.0:1 | 92% (1,321) |
| 2023-24 | 1,437 | 76.4 | 18.8:1 | 94% (1,357) |
| 2022-23 | 1,604 | 79.8 | 20.1:1 | 93% (1,497) |
| 2020-21 | 1,711 | 79 | 21.7:1 | 87% (1,497) |
| 2017-18 | 1,812 | 71.9 | 25.2:1 | 83% (1,496) |
| 2015-16 | 1,816 | 73 | 24.9:1 | 82% (1,493) |
| 2010-11 | 2,241 | N/A | N/A | 82% (1,839) |
| 2000-01 | 2,039 | 76 | 26.8:1 | 66% (1,336) |
| 1990-91 | 1,557 | 61 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Amigos High.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,812 to 1,430); teachers unchanged (71.9 to 71.6).
About Los Amigos High
Los Amigos High serves students in Fountain Valley, California, as a large high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,430 students in 2024-25. The school is 71% bigger than the average for high schools in California.
Garden Grove Unified, which runs Los Amigos High, has 64 schools and 36,994 students.
Hispanic students are 84% of those enrolled at Los Amigos High. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Asian. In Orange County overall, about 34% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Los Amigos High are from different groups.
Los Amigos High reported 71.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.0:1. High schools in California average 18.2:1, 1.8 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 1,321 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 92% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Los Amigos High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of California public high schools.
A school in California with Los Amigos High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 25.4%. Los Amigos High scores 44.9%.
The school is in Orange County, where median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County's 649 public schools enroll about 430,458 students and include Los Amigos High.
Los Amigos High's closest public school neighbor is Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 44.9% is below the 45.1% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell 16% over 4 years, reaching 1,430 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.7:1 to 20.0:1 over the same years.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Fountain Valley HighHigh · 3,171 students
- Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Vista View MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Courreges (Roch) ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary0.4 mi · 400
- James Monroe Elementary0.4 mi · 555
- Newhope Elementary0.8 mi · 334
- College and Career Preparatory Academy0.8 mi · 168
- Hector G. Godinez1.0 mi · 1,687
- Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate1.1 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Los Amigos HighWhat is the total enrollment at Los Amigos High?
Los Amigos High enrolls approximately 1,430 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Los Amigos High serve?
Los Amigos High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Los Amigos High?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Los Amigos High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Amigos High?
At Los Amigos High, the student body is approximately 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Los Amigos High in?
Los Amigos High is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.