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Ortega High

520 Chaney St. Bldg. 100, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 · (951) 253-7065 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
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Schools serving specialized populations are not graded, because state test results are not a fair comparison for them. How grades work

Enrollment
463
High
DISTRICT 1,613 · STATE 838
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
418 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 1114832%
Grade 1231568%
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
7616%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
33673%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
235%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
61%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
174%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
29063%
Female
17337%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
7.7%
own-school result
Math
0.4%
own-school result
State assessment results for this school reflect a specialized student population. The figures above are the school's own reported scores; they are not directly comparable to state averages or to general-enrollment schools, so the usual state-average comparison line is suppressed here.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts0.9%6.9%24.5%67.8%
Math0.4%0.0%1.7%97.8%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-257.7%0.4%
2023-249.0%0.9%
2022-2310.7%0.8%
2021-229.1%1.0%
2018-198.3%1.3%
2017-187.9%0.0%
2016-177.3%0.0%
2015-1612.0%0.0%
2014-1517.0%0.0%
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Not computed for this school
BeatsExpectations is not computed for specialized-population schools (schools for the deaf or blind, therapeutic and behavioral-health placements, juvenile-justice and alternative-education settings, and similar). State ELA/Math proficiency rates are not a comparable metric for these populations, so a demographically-adjusted residual against general-enrollment peers would be misleading. About the methodology →

Where Ortega High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Riverside County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
463#1,058 of 2,093#61 of 100
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.0:1#290 of 1,352#9 of 75
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
44.2%#779 of 1,351#34 of 75
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
90.3%#283 of 1,575#25 of 89
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+44.2%#16 of 327#4 of 25
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 2024-25
Enrollment
463
+127 (+38%) vs 2020
+123% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2546325.718.0:190% (418)
2023-2448824.619.9:183% (405)
2022-2348727.617.6:181% (395)
2020-213361818.7:166% (223)
2017-1832117.618.2:169% (220)
2015-161901314.6:177% (147)
2010-11259N/AN/A73% (190)
2000-012311023.1:10% (0)
1990-91208729.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ortega High.

Since 2017-18: students up 44% (321 to 463); teachers up 46% (17.6 to 25.7).

About Ortega High

Ortega High is a small high school in Lake Elsinore, California, (ZIP code 92530). The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 463 students. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 45% below average.

Lake Elsinore Unified runs 24 schools with a combined 20,539 students. Ortega High is one of them.

Of every 100 students at Ortega High, about 73 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 16% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. The diversity index for Ortega High is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Classroom staffing at Ortega High totals 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Ortega High is about 90%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.

The school is in Riverside County, where the median household earns about $93,074 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Riverside County, 543 public schools serve about 424,872 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Keith McCarthy Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Ortega High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's enrollment rose 38% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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Riverside County at a glance

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Population
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students

Quick facts

School name
Ortega High
District
Lake Elsinore Unified
Address
520 Chaney St. Bldg. 100, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Phone
(951) 253-7065
County
Riverside County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
463
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
18.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
418 (90%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
060002709488
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ortega High
How many students attend Ortega High?
Ortega High enrolls approximately 463 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ortega High serve?
Ortega High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Ortega High have?
Ortega High employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ortega High?
At Ortega High, the student body is approximately 16% White, 73% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ortega High public or private?
Ortega High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified.
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