Los Amigos High

Summary:

Los Amigos High is a public high school located in Fountain Valley, California, serving 1,604 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Garden Grove Unified School District. While the school has seen some improvements in recent years, it generally underperforms compared to nearby high schools like Santiago High and La Quinta High.

Los Amigos High has had a relatively stable four-year graduation rate, ranging from 87.8% to 92.0% over the past five years, which is slightly lower than the nearby Santiago High (95.0%) and La Quinta High (95.3%). The school's dropout rate has fluctuated between 3.9% and 7.8%, higher than Santiago High (5.0%) and La Quinta High (3.1%). Additionally, Los Amigos High has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 8.8% in 2017-2018 to 25.7% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the nearby schools and the state average.

Academically, Los Amigos High's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the nearby high-performing schools, as well as the Garden Grove Unified and California state averages. The school also serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 87.37% to 93.33% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch over the past three years, significantly higher than the nearby schools. Despite these challenges, the school has shown some signs of improvement, and its strong performance for certain subgroups, such as Hispanic and English language learner students, indicates that it may be effectively serving these populations.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 16566 Newhope St.
       Fountain Valley, CA  92708-2403


(714) 663-6288

District: Garden Grove Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
678th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,911 Help


Feeder schools for Los Amigos High:

Elementary:    Edward Russell Elementary
    Heritage Elementary
    Linton T. Simmons Elementary
    Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary
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Middle:    Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate

Student/teacher ratio:  20.0 Help
Number of students:  1,604

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
83.5%
Asian:
12.8%
White:
2.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  93.3% Help


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Compare Details Los Amigos High ranks better than 70.8% of high schools in California. It also ranks 6th among 8 ranked high schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.16. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Los Amigos High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.5%), Asian (12.8%), White (2.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 93.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Los Amigos High is 20, which is the 2nd best among 8 high schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Los Amigos High employs 79.8 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Los Amigos High is $12,911, which is the 3rd highest among 8 high schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Los Amigos High:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Amigos High 678th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Los Amigos High in the ranking list.)

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Garden Grove Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Garden Grove Unified 402nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Los Amigos High

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Rank History for all students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 68.89 209th 1653 87.4%
2005 58.53 434th 1901 77.2%
2006 56.06 545th 1968 72.3%
2007 60.04 455th 2063 77.9%
2008 52.30 622nd 2117 70.6%
2009 47.45 811th 2238 63.8%
2010 44.14 911th 2281 60.1%
2011 43.19 971st 2367 59.0%
2012 48.05 837th 2354 64.4%
2013 43.43 971st 2426 60.0%
2015 56.12 847th 1994 57.5%
2016 61.32 760th 2039 62.7%
2017 63.18 722nd 2021 64.3%
2018 60.60 787th 2017 61.0%
2019 45.11 1103rd 2133 48.3%
2021 61.05 457th 1290 64.6%
2022 45.57 1027th 2123 51.6%
2023 49.67 873rd 2348 62.8%
2024 58.16 678th 2323 70.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.11 162nd 938 82.7%
2019 61.44 180th 941 80.9%
2021 74.01 64th 467 86.3%
2022 59.45 210th 1044 79.9%
2023 45.92 328th 1323 75.2%
2024 45.17 347th 1350 74.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 43.42 619th 1547 60.0%
2024 40.67 699th 1534 54.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.19 513th 1862 72.4%
2019 61.75 637th 1937 67.1%
2021 68.59 301st 1126 73.3%
2022 53.65 778th 1943 60.0%
2023 62.10 588th 2247 73.8%
2024 68.46 442nd 2235 80.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.63 811th 1760 53.9%
2019 48.73 879th 1833 52.0%
2021 48.44 532nd 1054 49.5%
2022 39.46 1068th 1858 42.5%
2023 50.17 815th 2118 61.5%
2024 56.85 658th 2098 68.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.39 353rd 1052 66.4%
2019 48.63 430th 1117 61.5%
2021 54.97 173rd 555 68.8%
2022 40.80 561st 1161 51.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.23 716th 1834 61.0%
2019 51.29 832nd 1880 55.7%
2021 66.57 325th 1122 71.0%
2022 47.48 883rd 1916 53.9%
2023 46.92 875th 2207 60.4%
2024 56.73 656th 2172 69.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.82 367th 581 36.8%
2019 27.15 448th 582 23.0%
2022 34.25 415th 581 28.6%
2023 61.12 318th 731 56.5%
2024 61.95 298th 712 58.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Los Amigos High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.27 705th 1742 59.5%
2019 48.74 911th 1814 49.8%
2022 45.50 938th 1861 49.6%
2023 49.42 866th 2142 59.6%
2024 59.37 613th 2125 71.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Los Amigos High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 618 46 433 474 11 n/a n/a 0 1582
1989 556 42 426 492 8 n/a n/a 0 1524
1990 448 45 463 533 2 n/a n/a 0 1491
1991 395 40 509 605 8 n/a n/a 0 1557
1992 348 28 570 704 7 n/a n/a 0 1657
1993 325 29 625 726 7 n/a n/a 0 1712
1994 277 26 622 710 7 n/a n/a 0 1642
1995 244 23 600 930 6 n/a n/a 0 1803
1996 244 23 600 930 6 n/a n/a 0 1803
1997 218 28 633 1000 6 n/a n/a 0 1885
1998 209 26 652 1097 7 n/a n/a 0 1991
1999 191 20 713 1133 7 n/a n/a 0 2064
2000 169 21 688 1167 7 n/a n/a 0 2052
2001 154 15 652 1213 5 n/a n/a 0 2039
2002 133 28 544 1389 3 n/a n/a 0 2097
2003 133 28 544 1389 3 n/a n/a 0 2097
2004 112 23 529 1420 4 n/a n/a 0 2088
2005 122 21 525 1555 4 n/a n/a 0 2227
2006 113 20 514 1531 4 n/a n/a 0 2182
2007 123 22 528 1547 3 n/a n/a 0 2223
2008 110 19 484 1594 3 n/a n/a 0 2210
2009 103 12 450 1657 3 15 4 0 2244
2010 99 16 432 1683 5 11 7 0 2253
2011 87 13 417 1713 3 8 0 0 2241
2012 79 15 352 1586 2 7 0 0 2041
2013 59 15 309 1509 3 4 1 0 1900
2014 62 11 262 1456 2 5 2 0 1800
2015 54 7 262 1455 1 7 1 0 1787
2016 44 9 288 1464 0 6 5 0 1816
2017 32 10 305 1460 0 6 7 0 1820
2018 32 4 322 1442 1 6 5 0 1812
2019 33 5 289 1366 1 6 11 0 1711
2020 36 3 280 1403 1 6 12 0 1741
2021 37 3 252 1402 1 4 12 0 1711
2022 37 4 228 1370 0 3 27 1 1670
2023 34 3 205 1339 0 3 20 0 1604

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Los Amigos High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1582 63.0 25.1 n/a
1989 1524 58.5 26.0 n/a
1990 1491 61.0 24.4 n/a
1991 1557 61.0 25.5 n/a
1992 1657 62.0 26.7 48.2
1993 1712 63.7 26.9 50.7
1994 1642 62.2 26.4 53.5
1995 1803 67.6 26.7 48.4
1996 1803 67.6 26.7 48.4
1997 1885 72.0 26.2 65.6
1998 1991 75.1 26.5 63.7
1999 2064 81.4 25.4 68
2000 2052 79.5 25.8 69.3
2001 2039 76.8 26.5 65.5
2002 2097 78.9 26.6 70.4
2003 2097 78.9 26.6 70.4
2004 2088 78.6 26.6 70.1
2005 2227 84.4 26.4 67.5
2006 2182 83.9 26.0 73.3
2007 2223 83.1 26.8 72.5
2008 2210 98.0 22.6 76
2009 2244 83.9 23.1 79.5
2010 2253 81.7 27.5 85.2
2011 2241 n/a n/a 82.1
2012 2041 77.9 26.1 n/a
2013 1900 73.3 25.9 86.8
2014 1800 71.9 25.0 91.2
2015 1787 74.0 24.1 89.6
2016 1816 74.0 24.5 82.2
2017 1820 76.5 23.7 81.6
2018 1812 71.9 25.2 82.6
2019 1711 70.6 24.2 82.9
2020 1741 n/a n/a 85.4
2021 1711 79.2 21.5 87.5
2022 1670 77.2 21.6 87.4
2023 1604 79.8 20.0 93.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Los Amigos High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1582 63.0 25.1 n/a
1989 1524 58.5 26.0 n/a
1990 1491 61.0 24.4 n/a
1991 1557 61.0 25.5 n/a
1992 1657 62.0 26.7 48.2
1993 1712 63.7 26.9 50.7
1994 1642 62.2 26.4 53.5
1995 1803 67.6 26.7 48.4
1996 1803 67.6 26.7 48.4
1997 1885 72.0 26.2 65.6
1998 1991 75.1 26.5 63.7
1999 2064 81.4 25.4 68
2000 2052 79.5 25.8 69.3
2001 2039 76.8 26.5 65.5
2002 2097 78.9 26.6 70.4
2003 2097 78.9 26.6 70.4
2004 2088 78.6 26.6 70.1
2005 2227 84.4 26.4 67.5
2006 2182 83.9 26.0 73.3
2007 2223 83.1 26.8 72.5
2008 2210 98.0 22.6 76
2009 2244 83.9 23.1 79.5
2010 2253 81.7 27.5 85.2
2011 2241 n/a n/a 82.1
2012 2041 77.9 26.1 n/a
2013 1900 73.3 25.9 86.8
2014 1800 71.9 25.0 91.2
2015 1787 74.0 24.1 89.6
2016 1816 74.0 24.5 82.2
2017 1820 76.5 23.7 81.6
2018 1812 71.9 25.2 82.6
2019 1711 70.6 24.2 82.9
2020 1741 n/a n/a 85.4
2021 1711 79.2 21.5 87.5
2022 1670 77.2 21.6 87.4
2023 1604 79.8 20.0 93.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Los Amigos High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $12,911

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Los Amigos High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1103rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 873rd of 2348 High schools
 14.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Los Amigos High)52.358.9
 6.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Garden Grove Unified)65.966.3
 0.4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Los Amigos High)26.323.3
 2.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Garden Grove Unified)45.639.1
 6.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Los Amigos High)21.818.7
 3.1%
   11th Grade Science (Garden Grove Unified)35.435.9
 0.5%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Los Amigos High)7.19.1
 2%
   12th Grade Science (Garden Grove Unified)1515.9
 0.9%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17111604
 6.3%
African American53
 40%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian289205
 29.1%
Hispanic13661339
 2%
Pacific Islander63
 50%
White3334
 3%
Two or More Races1120
 81.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients82.9%93.3%
 10.5%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,604 students attended Los Amigos High.

Los Amigos High ranks 678th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Los Amigos High are 83% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.


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