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What's the one class at Santa Fe High every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,865
High
DISTRICT 1,400 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITTIER UNION HIGH·NCES 064248006954
Santa Fe High
10400 South Orr and Day Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 · (562) 698-8121 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,865 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of California public high schools
- A-Test 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.
- B+Three-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
24.2:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,448 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 478 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 398 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 466 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 523 | 28% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
68.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
49.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.6% | 38.3% | 17.7% | 13.4% |
| Math | 22.6% | 26.7% | 24.2% | 26.5% |
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 | 68.9% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 42.4% |
| 2021-22 | 69.5% | 37.6% |
| 2020-21 | 66.9% | 45.0% |
| 2018-19 | 60.3% | 40.6% |
| 2017-18 | 59.6% | 33.1% |
| 2016-17 | 60.2% | 24.4% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 22 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 Santa Fe High
Santa Fe High's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe High this school | 1,865 | 77.6% | 56.0% |
| Dinuba High Dinuba | 2,115 | 76.5% | 43.6% |
| San Ysidro High San Diego | 1,941 | 78.3% | 29.4% |
| Reedley High Reedley | 1,804 | 80.1% | 58.1% |
| Norwalk High Norwalk | 2,075 | 77.9% | 43.6% |
| California High Whittier | 2,261 | 80.3% | 53.4% |
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 Santa Fe High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #238 of 1,052 | #53 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #182 of 1,056 ▲ 38 | #40 of 229 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #274 of 1,056 ▲ 103 | #56 of 229 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #320 of 1,044 | #97 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,865 | #362 of 2,093 | #72 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #1,132 of 1,352 | #306 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #1,151 of 1,351 | #254 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #672 of 1,575 | #254 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #205 of 802 | #84 of 227 |
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
1,865
-203 (-10%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,638
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 1,865 | 77.1 | 24.2:1 | 78% (1,448) |
| 2023-24 | 1,880 | 78.8 | 23.9:1 | 80% (1,511) |
| 2022-23 | 1,935 | 80.5 | 24.0:1 | 79% (1,533) |
| 2020-21 | 2,068 | 80 | 25.9:1 | 71% (1,460) |
| 2017-18 | 2,282 | 86 | 26.5:1 | 77% (1,746) |
| 2015-16 | 2,395 | 81 | 29.6:1 | 72% (1,726) |
| 2010-11 | 2,815 | N/A | N/A | 64% (1,814) |
| 2000-01 | 2,240 | 94 | 23.8:1 | 35% (775) |
| 1990-91 | 1,638 | 66 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Fe High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,282 to 1,865); teachers down 10% (86 to 77.1).
About Santa Fe High
Students in Santa Fe Springs, California, attend Santa Fe High, a high-enrollment high school. The school had 1,865 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Across its 7 schools, Whittier Union High enrolls 9,798 students. Santa Fe High is one of those schools.
At Santa Fe High, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. Smaller groups are 5% White and 2% Asian. County-wide, 48% of Los Angeles County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Santa Fe High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Staffing totals 77.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.2:1. For comparison, high schools in California average 18.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
Measured against California public high schools, Santa Fe High receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Santa Fe High scores 21.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 56.0% actual versus 34.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Los Angeles County has about 9,808,667 residents, and median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
Of nearby public schools, Lakeview Elementary is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.5% proficiency; Santa Fe High posts 56.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,865, 10% below the 2,068 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 25.9 in 2020-21 to 24.2 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Santa Fe High covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whittier Union High
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Frontier High (Continuation)High · 364 students
- Sierra Vista High (Alternative)High · 284 students
Other schools in Santa Fe Springs
- Lake Center MiddleMiddle · 708 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Rancho Santa Gertrudes ElementaryElementary · 307 students
- Jersey Avenue ElementaryElementary · 260 students
Other Santa Fe High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Santa Fe High. Santa Fe High is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Santa Fe High SchoolEdmond, OK · 2,774 students
- SANTA FE HIGHSANTA FE, NM · 1,491 students
- Santa Fe High SchoolSANTA FE, TX · 1,314 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLALACHUA, FL · 1,132 students
- SANTA FE HIGHALMA, MO · 154 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview Elementary0.2 mi · 457
- Lake Center Middle0.3 mi · 708
- Cresson Elementary0.8 mi · 243
- Lakeside Middle1.0 mi · 509
- Jersey Avenue Elementary1.0 mi · 260
- Lakeland Elementary1.0 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Fe HighHow many students attend Santa Fe High?
Santa Fe High enrolls approximately 1,865 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Santa Fe High serve?
Santa Fe High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Santa Fe High have?
Santa Fe High employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Fe High?
At Santa Fe High, the student body is approximately 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Santa Fe High in?
Santa Fe High is part of Whittier Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.