Summary:
Marie L. Hare High is a public high school located in Garden Grove, California, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 258 students. The school is part of the Garden Grove Unified School District, which is ranked 402 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Marie L. Hare High faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools over the past decade with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the district and state averages, with only 17.71% of 11th-grade students proficient in ELA compared to 65.62% for the district and 55.73% for the state. The school's proficiency rates in CAST Science assessments are also very low, with only 1.08% of 11th-grade students scoring proficient or better, compared to 37.76% for the district and 32.08% for the state. Additionally, Marie L. Hare High has had a four-year graduation rate ranging from 77.4% to 90.4% over the past five years, which is lower than the state average, and a high dropout rate ranging from 9.0% to 21.5% over the same period, significantly higher than the state average.
In comparison, nearby schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District, such as Bolsa Grande High, Garden Grove High, and Pacifica High, have significantly higher academic performance, graduation rates, and lower dropout and chronic absenteeism rates compared to Marie L. Hare High. For example, Pacifica High ranked in the top 10% of California high schools in 2023-2024 and had a 93.5% four-year graduation rate, compared to Marie L. Hare High's 87.4%. The high concentration of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds at Marie L. Hare High, with 93.41% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the school's overall academic and attendance challenges.
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Detail:
Public 7-12
District:
Garden Grove Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
2050th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,323
Student/teacher ratio: 16.0
Number of students: 258
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
87.6%
Asian:
7.0%
White:
1.9%
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Two or more races:
1.9%
Pacific Islander:
0.8%
African American:
0.4%
Not Specified:
0.4%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.4%
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