Magnolia High

Set in Anaheim, California, Magnolia High is a big secondary school, part of Anaheim Union High. It enrolls 1,608 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 92% bigger than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Anaheim Union High (26,076 students total), Magnolia High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Magnolia High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Magnolia High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Magnolia High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.5%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +11.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Magnolia High is one campus in the mix.

Dr. Jonas E. Salk is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Magnolia High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Magnolia High's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,740 (now 1,608). The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 13% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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