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Enrollment
1,634
High
DISTRICT 1,375 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001868
Pacifica High
6851 Lampson Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845 · (714) 663-6515 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
836 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 | 414 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 400 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 415 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 25% |
Student demographics
70%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
77.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
54.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.0% | 30.4% | 15.8% | 6.8% |
| Math | 27.9% | 26.5% | 24.1% | 21.4% |
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 | 77.4% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 49.5% |
| 2022-23 | 79.6% | 52.9% |
| 2021-22 | 63.2% | 47.3% |
| 2020-21 | 80.8% | 45.7% |
| 2018-19 | 75.9% | 63.2% |
| 2017-18 | 74.7% | 62.8% |
| 2016-17 | 77.9% | 56.4% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% 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 15 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 Pacifica High
Pacifica High's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifica High this school | 1,634 | 51.2% | 65.0% |
| Prospect High Saratoga | 1,460 | 49.2% | 52.9% |
| Sierra High Manteca | 1,670 | 55.9% | 48.7% |
| Brea Olinda High Brea | 1,676 | 41.6% | 58.0% |
| Marina High Huntington Beach | 1,997 | 46.8% | 62.2% |
| Clovis East High Clovis | 3,113 | 51.7% | 55.6% |
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 Pacifica High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #125 of 1,052 | #15 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #129 of 1,056 ▲ 23 | #19 of 69 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #131 of 1,056 ▼ 23 | #16 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.7pp | #122 of 1,044 | #2 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,634 | #488 of 2,093 | #51 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #888 of 1,352 | #42 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #108 of 1,351 | #5 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #1,156 of 1,575 | #60 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #752 of 802 | #70 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
1,634
-54 (-3%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 1,634 | 73.7 | 22.2:1 | 51% (836) |
| 2023-24 | 1,640 | 75.6 | 21.7:1 | 57% (941) |
| 2022-23 | 1,648 | 74.3 | 22.2:1 | 52% (851) |
| 2020-21 | 1,688 | 73 | 23.1:1 | 41% (698) |
| 2017-18 | 1,660 | 69 | 24.1:1 | 38% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 1,711 | 71 | 24.1:1 | 34% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 1,858 | N/A | N/A | 25% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 1,678 | 62 | 27.1:1 | 12% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 1,187 | 50 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacifica High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,660 to 1,634); teachers up 7% (69 to 73.7).
About Pacifica High
Pacifica High is a high school located in Garden Grove, California, in Orange County. Enrollment is 1,634 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 838-student average for high schools in California, enrollment here is 95% higher.
Pacifica High is in Garden Grove Unified, a district with 36,994 students across 64 schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Pacifica High is Hispanic (36%). Smaller groups are 30% Asian, 26% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Orange County is about 34% Hispanic. Pacifica High has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 73.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.2:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Around 51% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pacifica High is in the top 10% of California schools: 65.0% actual against 49.6% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Orange County show that median household income is about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Pacifica High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 430,458 students.
The shortest distance from Pacifica High to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Enders Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pacifica High ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Pacifica High is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,688 in 2020-21 and 1,634 in 2024-25, a decrease of 54 students.
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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
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
- Ocia A. Peters ElementaryElementary · 893 students
Other Pacifica High schools
One other US public school is named Pacifica High. Pacifica High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pacifica HighOxnard, CA · 2,675 students
Nearby schools
- Enders Elementary0.3 mi · 400
- Hilton D. Bell Intermediate0.4 mi · 632
- Loyal Barker Elementary0.4 mi · 444
- Garden Park Elementary0.4 mi · 248
- Patton Elementary0.6 mi · 904
- Fryberger Elementary0.8 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Pacifica HighHow many students attend Pacifica High?
Pacifica High enrolls approximately 1,634 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pacifica High serve?
Pacifica High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Pacifica High have?
Pacifica High employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Pacifica High?
Student demographics at Pacifica High are roughly 26% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 30% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pacifica High?
Pacifica High is overseen by Garden Grove Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.