1
What do students at Valencia High actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
2,411
High
DISTRICT 1,515 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066004773
Valencia High
500 North Bradford Ave., Placentia, CA 92870 · (714) 996-4970 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,411 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.9:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
1,622 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 601 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 571 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 621 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 618 | 26% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
68.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
45.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.4% | 29.9% | 18.2% | 13.5% |
| Math | 27.3% | 18.6% | 16.0% | 38.1% |
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 | 68.3% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.5% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 43.8% |
| 2020-21 | 71.2% | 49.3% |
| 2018-19 | 68.1% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 73.6% | 51.8% |
| 2016-17 | 75.0% | 51.2% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 17 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 Valencia High
Valencia High's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia High this school | 2,411 | 67.3% | 57.2% |
| Andrew P. Hill High San Jose | 1,564 | 67.6% | 31.9% |
| Sanger West High Fresno | 1,438 | 65.6% | 39.4% |
| Tokay High Lodi | 2,058 | 69.3% | 30.0% |
| Chatsworth Charter High Chatsworth | 1,743 | 68.9% | 42.7% |
| John Marshall Senior High Los Angeles | 1,842 | 71.2% | 53.8% |
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 Valencia High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #218 of 1,052 | #37 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #206 of 1,056 ▼ 49 | #32 of 69 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #282 of 1,056 ▲ 39 | #35 of 69 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #365 of 1,044 | #28 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,411 | #124 of 2,093 | #15 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #841 of 1,352 | #41 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #659 of 1,351 | #44 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #916 of 1,575 | #50 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #401 of 802 | #43 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
2,411
-217 (-8%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,688
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 2,411 | 110 | 21.9:1 | 67% (1,622) |
| 2023-24 | 2,424 | 111.6 | 21.7:1 | 67% (1,618) |
| 2022-23 | 2,543 | 111.8 | 22.7:1 | 67% (1,716) |
| 2020-21 | 2,628 | 112 | 23.5:1 | 65% (1,701) |
| 2017-18 | 2,729 | 110.4 | 24.7:1 | 57% (1,553) |
| 2015-16 | 2,797 | 104 | 26.9:1 | 55% (1,537) |
| 2010-11 | 2,478 | N/A | N/A | 43% (1,058) |
| 2000-01 | 2,042 | 95 | 21.5:1 | 34% (698) |
| 1990-91 | 1,688 | 74 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valencia High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (2,729 to 2,411); teachers unchanged (110.4 to 110).
About Valencia High
Valencia High runs as a high-enrollment high school in Placentia, California. A federal count lists 2,411 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 188% larger than that.
Valencia High is one school in a 34-school district, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, which enrolls 22,665 students.
By race and ethnicity, Valencia High is 66% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 22% Asian, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 34% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Valencia High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Its 110 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.9:1. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 67%. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Valencia High is A. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Valencia High ranks in the top 10% of California schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 57.2%. Predicted: 40.1%. Difference: 17.1 points.
Across Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Valencia High is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
Kraemer Middle is the public school closest to Valencia High, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Valencia High places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Valencia High in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 2,628 in 2020-21 and 2,411 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.5:1 to 21.9:1.
Discussions about Valencia High may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Yorba Linda HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Esperanza HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Travis RanchElementary · 1,197 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
Other schools in Placentia
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- John O. Tynes ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Col. J. K. Tuffree MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Van Buren ElementaryElementary · 538 students
Other Valencia High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Valencia High. Valencia High is the largest of the 3.
- Valencia HighValencia, CA · 2,286 students
- VALENCIA HIGHLOS LUNAS, NM · 960 students
Nearby schools
- Kraemer Middle0.2 mi · 889
- Ruby Drive Elementary0.4 mi · 373
- Topaz Elementary0.5 mi · 404
- Morse Elementary0.7 mi · 382
- John O. Tynes Elementary0.7 mi · 591
- El Dorado High1.2 mi · 1,998
Frequently asked questions
About Valencia HighHow large is Valencia High?
Valencia High enrolls approximately 2,411 students in grades 09-12.
Is Valencia High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valencia High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Valencia High have?
Valencia High employs 110 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
How diverse is Valencia High?
Valencia High reports a student body of 8% White, 66% Hispanic, 1% Black, 22% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Valencia High in?
Valencia High is part of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.