Sonora High

Sonora High operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in La Habra, California, one of the schools within Fullerton Joint Union High. Current enrollment sits at 1,779 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 112% bigger than typical.

Sonora High is one of 8 schools operated by Fullerton Joint Union High, a district that hosts 12,597 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sonora High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% White, 10% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sonora High sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.9%; actual is 55.6%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sonora High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sonora High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sonora High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sonora High's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,941 (now 1,779). White enrollment moved from 18% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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