Polaris High

Polaris High is a cozy secondary school in Anaheim, California, one of the schools within Anaheim Union High. The school educates 623 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Polaris High shows that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Polaris High logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Polaris High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Polaris High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gilbert High (Continuation), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 372%: 132 students in 2018 compared to 623 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 67% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 33.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.