1
What's the one class at Santiago High every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,664
High
DISTRICT 1,375 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001878
Santiago High
12342 Trask Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 663-6215 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,664 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
19.9:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,533 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 | 378 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 421 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 408 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 457 | 27% |
Student demographics
28%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
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.2pp since 2014
Math
29.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 30.1% | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| Math | 12.1% | 17.1% | 27.2% | 43.5% |
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 | 57.8% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 57.8% | 22.9% |
| 2021-22 | 59.8% | 22.5% |
| 2020-21 | 55.7% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 62.5% | 32.6% |
| 2017-18 | 63.4% | 30.1% |
| 2016-17 | 64.6% | 29.9% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 Santiago High
Santiago High's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago High this school | 1,664 | 92.1% | 40.3% |
| Los Amigos High Fountain Valley | 1,430 | 92.4% | 44.9% |
| Loara High Anaheim | 1,539 | 92.4% | 23.2% |
| El Monte High El Monte | 1,383 | 95.8% | 52.6% |
| Sierra Vista High Baldwin Park | 1,650 | 87.9% | 49.1% |
| Magnolia High Anaheim | 1,608 | 90.7% | 37.4% |
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 Santiago High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #519 of 1,052 | #53 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #444 of 1,056 ▲ 75 | #50 of 69 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #523 of 1,056 ▲ 110 | #52 of 69 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #501 of 1,044 | #30 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,664 | #468 of 2,093 | #50 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #534 of 1,352 | #22 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #1,002 of 1,351 | #66 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #226 of 1,575 | #9 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #202 of 802 | #23 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
1,664
-320 (-16%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,984
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
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 | 1,664 | 83.7 | 19.9:1 | 92% (1,533) |
| 2023-24 | 1,801 | 87.3 | 20.6:1 | 94% (1,699) |
| 2022-23 | 1,927 | 86.1 | 22.4:1 | 92% (1,768) |
| 2020-21 | 1,984 | 86 | 23.1:1 | 85% (1,688) |
| 2017-18 | 2,037 | 86.2 | 23.6:1 | 81% (1,660) |
| 2015-16 | 2,121 | 90 | 23.6:1 | 79% (1,671) |
| 2010-11 | 2,339 | N/A | N/A | 77% (1,804) |
| 2000-01 | 2,074 | 80 | 25.9:1 | 67% (1,399) |
| 1990-91 | 1,984 | 79 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santiago High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (2,037 to 1,664); teachers down 3% (86.2 to 83.7).
About Santiago High
Santiago High is a large high school in California, located in Garden Grove. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,664 students. The typical figure for high schools in California is about 838 students.
Garden Grove Unified has 64 schools and 36,994 students, and Santiago High is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at Santiago High, 83%, are Hispanic. Next come 13% Asian. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. Santiago High has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 83.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Santiago High was 19.9:1. Among high schools in California, the typical ratio is 18.2:1. Santiago High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 92%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
allk12 grades Santiago High a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 25.6%. Santiago High posts 40.3%, 14.7 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that median household income is about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
The closest public school, Clinton Elementary, is about 0.2 miles from Santiago High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Santiago High is 6th on average proficiency.
Santiago High is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students declined from 1,984 to 1,664 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.9:1, from 23.1:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Santiago High, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 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
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
- Ocia A. Peters ElementaryElementary · 893 students
Other Santiago High schools
One other US public school is named Santiago High. Santiago High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Santiago HighCorona, CA · 3,577 students
Nearby schools
- Clinton Elementary0.2 mi · 413
- Leroy L. Doig Intermediate0.5 mi · 557
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary0.5 mi · 480
- Samueli Academy0.7 mi · 842
- Ocia A. Peters Elementary0.9 mi · 893
- Woodbury Elementary0.9 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Santiago HighWhat is the total enrollment at Santiago High?
Santiago High enrolls approximately 1,664 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Santiago High serve?
Santiago High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Santiago High?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Santiago High.
What is the student diversity at Santiago High?
Student demographics at Santiago High are roughly 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 0% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Santiago High in?
Santiago High is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.