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If you had an hour of school board time for Yorba Linda High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,631
High
DISTRICT 1,515 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066012429
Yorba Linda High
19900 Bastanchury Rd., Yorba Linda, CA 92886 · (714) 986-7500 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,631 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- B-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
25.5:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
457 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 | 440 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 409 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 450 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 332 | 20% |
Student demographics
69%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
76.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.1pp since 2014
Math
54.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.1% | 31.9% | 15.4% | 8.5% |
| Math | 28.7% | 26.2% | 19.4% | 25.7% |
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 | 76.1% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.9% | 56.1% |
| 2022-23 | 72.7% | 57.8% |
| 2021-22 | 68.5% | 54.6% |
| 2020-21 | 68.2% | 62.3% |
| 2018-19 | 84.3% | 68.3% |
| 2017-18 | 77.8% | 60.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.4% | 63.9% |
| 2015-16 | 81.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Yorba Linda High
Yorba Linda High's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorba Linda High this school | 1,631 | 28.0% | 64.0% |
| West Park High Roseville | 2,079 | 30.1% | 56.4% |
| Canyon High Anaheim | 2,183 | 31.5% | 63.4% |
| Woodbridge High Irvine | 2,232 | 24.5% | 64.0% |
| Alameda High Alameda | 1,868 | 30.4% | 66.5% |
| Branham High San Jose | 1,820 | 31.4% | 66.4% |
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 Yorba Linda High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #139 of 1,052 | #18 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #124 of 1,056 ▼ 19 | #18 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #144 of 1,056 ▲ 115 | #18 of 69 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #402 of 1,044 | #18 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,631 | #492 of 2,093 | #52 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #1,251 of 1,352 | #75 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #144 of 1,351 | #10 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #1,417 of 1,575 | #83 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #490 of 802 | #51 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
1,631
-66 (-4%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,379
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 1,631 | 63.9 | 25.5:1 | 28% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 1,584 | 67.7 | 23.4:1 | 28% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 1,568 | 67.6 | 23.2:1 | 24% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 1,697 | 71 | 23.9:1 | 23% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 1,795 | 67.2 | 26.7:1 | 13% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 1,791 | 65 | 27.6:1 | 11% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 1,379 | N/A | N/A | 6% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yorba Linda High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,795 to 1,631); teachers down 5% (67.2 to 63.9).
About Yorba Linda High
Yorba Linda High is a large high school in Yorba Linda, California, one of the schools in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified. The student body numbers 1,631 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Besides Yorba Linda High, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified runs 33 other schools. The district enrolls 22,665 students.
The most common group at Yorba Linda High is White students, at 39%. Other groups include 33% Asian, 21% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 43% of residents are White. Yorba Linda High's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 63.9 full-time equivalents, or about 25.5 students per teacher. This ratio sits 7.3 above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 28%. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
allk12 grades Yorba Linda High an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Yorba Linda High, the prediction is 63.1% and the result is 64.0%.
Yorba Linda High is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Yorba Linda High, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Fairmont Elementary, is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Yorba Linda High places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Yorba Linda High's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 1,697 in 2020-21 to 1,631 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.9:1 to 25.5:1.
The Yorba Linda High community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
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Other schools in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
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- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
Other schools in Yorba Linda
- Travis RanchElementary · 1,197 students
- Yorba Linda MiddleMiddle · 818 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Orange County School of Computer ScienceMiddle · 753 students
- Bryant Ranch ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Mabel M. Paine ElementaryElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmont Elementary0.8 mi · 794
- Orange County School of Computer Science1.0 mi · 753
- Mabel M. Paine Elementary1.5 mi · 419
- Linda Vista Elementary1.7 mi · 387
- Travis Ranch1.9 mi · 1,197
- Glenknoll Elementary2.0 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Yorba Linda HighWhat is the total enrollment at Yorba Linda High?
Yorba Linda High enrolls approximately 1,631 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Yorba Linda High serve?
Yorba Linda High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Yorba Linda High?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Yorba Linda High.
How diverse is Yorba Linda High?
Yorba Linda High reports a student body of 39% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 33% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Yorba Linda High?
Yorba Linda High is overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.