Summary:
Brookhurst Junior High is a public middle school located in Anaheim, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 790 students. The school is part of the Anaheim Union High School District, which is ranked 805 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Brookhurst Junior High has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of California middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade.
Brookhurst Junior High significantly underperforms compared to the Anaheim Union High School District and the state of California in standardized test scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 24.59% of Brookhurst students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 42.63% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 13.2% of Brookhurst students were proficient or better, compared to 24.59% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance in Science is also low, with only 16.28% of students proficient or better, compared to 26.35% for the district and 30.7% for the state. Additionally, Brookhurst Junior High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.0% in the 2020-2021 school year to 28.8% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is notably higher than the state average of 14.3%.
Brookhurst Junior High has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.49% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average of 55.3%. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian students and homeless students performing relatively better than other subgroups, while Hispanic, White, and disabled students perform significantly worse. Compared to nearby schools in the Anaheim Union High School District, such as Sycamore Junior High, Orangeview Junior High, and Dale Junior High, Brookhurst Junior High's performance is generally lower. However, it performs better than some schools in the Buena Park Elementary School District, such as Buena Park Middle and Gordon H. Beatty Middle.
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Detail:
Public 7-8
District:
Anaheim Union High
SchoolDigger Rank:
2255th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,235
Students who attend Brookhurst Junior High usually attend:
Feeder schools for Brookhurst Junior High:
Student/teacher ratio: 22.4
Number of students: 774
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
85.0%
Asian:
6.3%
White:
4.0%
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African American:
2.7%
Two or more races:
1.0%
American Indian:
0.9%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88.8%
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