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What's the biggest difference between San Juan Hills High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,641
High
DISTRICT 1,556 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744011854
San Juan Hills High
29211 Stallion Ridge, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 · (949) 234-5900 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,641 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.2:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
1,007 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 8 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 612 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 646 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 678 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 703 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
79.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
55.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.9% | 32.8% | 14.1% | 6.2% |
| Math | 28.8% | 27.1% | 24.6% | 19.5% |
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 | 79.7% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 54.6% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 48.1% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 48.4% |
| 2020-21 | 74.9% | 49.9% |
| 2018-19 | 83.6% | 49.5% |
| 2017-18 | 82.6% | 45.5% |
| 2016-17 | 84.1% | 50.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 San Juan Hills High
San Juan Hills High's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Hills High this school | 2,641 | 38.1% | 67.6% |
| Temecula Valley High Temecula | 2,739 | 36.4% | 49.9% |
| Newport Harbor High Newport Beach | 2,084 | 42.7% | 55.6% |
| Capistrano Valley High Mission Viejo | 1,991 | 40.5% | 59.7% |
| Dana Hills High Dana Point | 1,725 | 42.0% | 60.0% |
| Frontier High Bakersfield | 2,098 | 35.8% | 52.0% |
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 San Juan Hills High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #104 of 1,052 | #12 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #115 of 1,056 ▲ 2 | #16 of 69 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #105 of 1,056 ▼ 10 | #9 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #418 of 1,044 | #19 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,641 | #75 of 2,093 | #9 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #1,020 of 1,352 | #53 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #341 of 1,351 | #27 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #1,313 of 1,575 | #74 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #234 of 327 | #5 of 8 |
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
2,641
-275 (-9%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 1,955
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 2,641 | 113.6 | 23.2:1 | 38% (1,007) |
| 2023-24 | 2,768 | 124.3 | 22.3:1 | 35% (967) |
| 2022-23 | 2,857 | 123.2 | 23.2:1 | 35% (1,000) |
| 2020-21 | 2,916 | 113 | 25.8:1 | 27% (796) |
| 2017-18 | 2,556 | 98.4 | 26.0:1 | 29% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 2,392 | 89 | 26.9:1 | 25% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 1,955 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Juan Hills High.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (2,556 to 2,641); teachers up 16% (98.4 to 113.6).
About San Juan Hills High
San Juan Hills High, located in San Juan Capistrano, California, is a high-enrollment high school. The school enrolls 2,641 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 215% bigger than that mark.
Capistrano Unified enrolls 40,251 students in 58 schools, including San Juan Hills High.
About 50% of students at San Juan Hills High are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at San Juan Hills High are from different groups.
The school has 113.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.2 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Of all students at San Juan Hills High, 38% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, San Juan Hills High lands at A, ahead of 94% of California public high schools.
San Juan Hills High is 10.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (67.6% versus 57.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The county, Orange County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting San Juan Hills High, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Harold Ambuehl Elementary is closest at about 1.2 miles. San Juan Hills High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. San Juan Hills High comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 2,641 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,916. The ratio was 25.8:1 in 2020-21 and 23.2:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the San Juan Hills High community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Capistrano Unified
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Tesoro HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Dana Hills HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Fred Newhart MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
Other schools in San Juan Capistrano
- California Online Public Schools Southern CaliforniaCombined · 3,933 students
- Marco Forster MiddleMiddle · 930 students
- San Juan ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Harold Ambuehl ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Del Obispo ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Kinoshita ElementaryElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Harold Ambuehl Elementary1.2 mi · 324
- California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano1.2 mi · 260
- Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano2.1 mi · 185
- San Juan Elementary2.1 mi · 662
- Bridges Community Day2.2 mi · 12
- OCASA College Prep2.2 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About San Juan Hills HighHow large is San Juan Hills High?
San Juan Hills High enrolls approximately 2,641 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does San Juan Hills High serve?
San Juan Hills High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does San Juan Hills High have?
San Juan Hills High employs 114 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
What is the student diversity at San Juan Hills High?
Student demographics at San Juan Hills High are roughly 50% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees San Juan Hills High?
San Juan Hills High is overseen by Capistrano Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.