Canyon High

Summary:

Canyon High is a public high school located in Anaheim, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,131 students. It is part of the Orange Unified School District, which is ranked 517 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Canyon High consistently ranks among the top high schools in California, ranking 156th out of 2,323 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly higher than the district and state averages, with 79.84% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 58.78% for the district and 55.73% for the state. In mathematics, 50% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 29.03% for the district and 27.9% for the state. Canyon High also outperforms the district and state in science, with 53.86% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in the CAST assessment.

In addition to its strong academic performance, Canyon High has consistently maintained high graduation rates, with a 95.7% four-year graduation rate in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the district's 93.3% and the state's average. The school's dropout rate is also lower than the district and state, at 2.4% in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to 4.2% for the district and the state's average. When compared to other nearby high schools, such as Richland Continuation High, which struggles with much lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism, Canyon High stands out as a top-performing school in the region.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 220 South Imperial Hwy.
       Anaheim, CA  92807-3945


(714) 532-8000

District: Orange Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
156th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,129 Help


Feeder schools for Canyon High:

Elementary:    Anaheim Hills Elementary
    Canyon Rim Elementary
    Crescent Elementary
    Imperial Elementary
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Middle:    El Rancho Charter

Student/teacher ratio:  26.4 Help
Number of students:  2,178

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.2%
Hispanic:
25.7%
Asian:
24.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  29.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Canyon High ranks better than 93.3% of high schools in California. It also ranks first among 5 ranked high schools in the Orange Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 90.34. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Canyon 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 Canyon High has the largest high school student body size in the Orange Unified School District. Student population at Canyon High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.2%), Hispanic (25.7%), Asian (24.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 29.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Orange Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Canyon High is 26.4, which is the highest among 6 high schools in the Orange Unified School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Canyon High is $5,129, which is the lowest among 6 high schools in the Orange Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Canyon High:

SchoolDigger ranks Canyon High 156th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Canyon High in the ranking list.)

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Orange Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Orange Unified 517th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Canyon High

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Rank History for all students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 74.97 120th 1653 92.7%
2005 76.26 138th 1901 92.7%
2006 81.23 108th 1968 94.5%
2007 78.02 149th 2063 92.8%
2008 75.62 184th 2117 91.3%
2009 73.70 209th 2238 90.7%
2010 77.81 165th 2281 92.8%
2011 73.69 233rd 2367 90.2%
2012 68.12 348th 2354 85.2%
2013 70.79 291st 2426 88.0%
2015 88.80 198th 1994 90.1%
2016 90.53 181st 2039 91.1%
2017 81.38 385th 2021 81.0%
2018 85.80 288th 2017 85.7%
2019 88.88 194th 2133 90.9%
2021 82.31 226th 1290 82.5%
2022 79.20 390th 2123 81.6%
2023 88.22 207th 2348 91.2%
2024 90.34 156th 2323 93.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.08 140th 366 61.7%
2019 69.67 121st 422 71.3%
2022 27.06 395th 515 23.3%
2023 85.28 65th 786 91.7%
2024 76.85 122nd 804 84.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 69.76 217th 1547 86.0%
2024 62.40 302nd 1534 80.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.44 377th 1862 79.8%
2019 83.46 230th 1937 88.1%
2021 52.48 511th 1126 54.6%
2022 69.88 444th 1943 77.1%
2023 78.66 299th 2247 86.7%
2024 86.89 171st 2235 92.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.40 233rd 1760 86.8%
2019 88.16 182nd 1833 90.1%
2021 79.30 203rd 1054 80.7%
2022 74.82 397th 1858 78.6%
2023 86.29 206th 2118 90.3%
2024 91.78 113th 2098 94.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.09 118th 1052 88.8%
2019 76.85 163rd 1117 85.4%
2021 78.21 70th 555 87.4%
2022 95.17 51st 1161 95.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.39 337th 1834 81.6%
2019 85.09 246th 1880 86.9%
2021 80.22 224th 1122 80.0%
2022 79.42 337th 1916 82.4%
2023 87.86 194th 2207 91.2%
2024 86.66 199th 2172 90.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.59 172nd 581 70.4%
2019 82.24 79th 582 86.4%
2022 66.06 222nd 581 61.8%
2023 81.91 104th 731 85.8%
2024 78.78 116th 712 83.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.38 182nd 582 68.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.25 511th 1742 70.7%
2019 79.61 274th 1814 84.9%
2022 70.76 420th 1861 77.4%
2023 83.61 195th 2142 90.9%
2024 81.44 223rd 2125 89.5%
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Rank History for White students at Canyon High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.36 435th 1173 62.9%
2019 62.26 458th 1222 62.5%
2022 48.90 608th 1204 49.5%
2023 64.47 378th 1434 73.6%
2024 71.34 288th 1406 79.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Canyon High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1674 43 231 140 6 n/a n/a 0 2094
1989 1506 39 259 114 3 n/a n/a 0 1921
1990 1360 24 260 119 3 n/a n/a 0 1766
1991 1299 28 277 114 2 n/a n/a 0 1720
1992 1317 25 314 137 7 n/a n/a 0 1800
1993 1289 26 313 164 5 n/a n/a 0 1797
1994 1228 24 327 165 4 n/a n/a 0 1748
1995 1177 41 379 165 4 n/a n/a 0 1766
1996 1177 41 379 165 4 n/a n/a 0 1766
1997 1163 45 412 167 6 n/a n/a 0 1793
1998 1202 49 446 187 5 n/a n/a 0 1889
1999 1137 47 450 207 5 n/a n/a 1 1847
2000 1299 48 475 225 8 n/a n/a 0 2055
2001 1299 48 427 240 6 n/a n/a 0 2020
2002 1232 40 508 226 4 n/a n/a 32 2042
2003 1232 40 508 226 4 n/a n/a 32 2042
2004 1230 41 497 238 5 n/a n/a 17 2028
2005 1282 41 504 286 8 n/a n/a 32 2153
2006 1347 56 511 289 13 n/a n/a 33 2249
2007 1341 55 506 309 12 n/a n/a 47 2270
2008 1336 55 513 343 12 n/a n/a 0 2259
2009 1394 56 522 357 13 17 52 0 2411
2010 1368 49 542 386 15 18 27 0 2405
2011 1353 44 575 392 13 14 43 0 2434
2012 1339 46 554 423 15 11 47 0 2435
2013 1249 43 539 452 10 8 60 0 2361
2014 1210 52 533 464 6 8 87 0 2360
2015 1210 41 519 457 6 8 97 0 2338
2016 1196 43 528 470 4 8 96 0 2345
2017 1149 42 522 471 2 10 86 0 2282
2018 1120 43 528 465 4 8 82 0 2250
2019 1092 42 498 460 6 7 90 0 2195
2020 1066 40 490 460 7 8 101 1 2173
2021 1045 43 496 471 9 6 107 0 2177
2022 990 36 502 490 7 7 105 1 2138
2023 950 26 527 515 5 7 96 5 2131
2024 941 28 535 559 7 2 100 6 2178

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 Canyon High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2094 84.4 24.8 n/a
1989 1921 76.0 25.2 n/a
1990 1766 73.1 24.1 n/a
1991 1720 71.4 24.0 n/a
1992 1800 72.6 24.7 3
1993 1797 71.1 25.3 3.6
1994 1748 62.2 28.1 5.3
1995 1766 65.8 26.8 7
1996 1766 65.8 26.8 7
1997 1793 64.8 27.7 6.7
1998 1889 68.4 27.6 5.6
1999 1847 70.6 26.2 5.6
2000 2055 78.8 26.1 4.7
2001 2020 77.4 26.1 3.9
2002 2042 79.8 25.6 4.5
2003 2042 79.8 25.6 4.5
2004 2028 73.7 27.5 3.3
2005 2153 81.1 26.5 3.4
2006 2249 88.2 25.5 3
2007 2270 87.6 25.9 3.6
2008 2259 98.1 23.0 5
2009 2411 86.4 24.9 5.1
2010 2405 71.2 33.7 7.3
2011 2434 n/a n/a 6.6
2012 2435 83.6 29.1 n/a
2013 2361 85.2 27.7 12.9
2014 2360 80.7 29.2 12.3
2015 2338 86.0 27.1 10.6
2016 2345 83.0 28.2 10.5
2017 2282 91.9 24.8 10.6
2018 2250 90.6 24.8 17.7
2019 2195 91.7 23.9 15.9
2020 2173 n/a n/a 15.6
2021 2177 84.5 25.7 15.2
2022 2138 81.2 26.3 15.5
2023 2131 80.5 26.4 28.1
2024 2178 82.3 26.4 29.7

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 Canyon High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2094 84.4 24.8 n/a
1989 1921 76.0 25.2 n/a
1990 1766 73.1 24.1 n/a
1991 1720 71.4 24.0 n/a
1992 1800 72.6 24.7 3
1993 1797 71.1 25.3 3.6
1994 1748 62.2 28.1 5.3
1995 1766 65.8 26.8 7
1996 1766 65.8 26.8 7
1997 1793 64.8 27.7 6.7
1998 1889 68.4 27.6 5.6
1999 1847 70.6 26.2 5.6
2000 2055 78.8 26.1 4.7
2001 2020 77.4 26.1 3.9
2002 2042 79.8 25.6 4.5
2003 2042 79.8 25.6 4.5
2004 2028 73.7 27.5 3.3
2005 2153 81.1 26.5 3.4
2006 2249 88.2 25.5 3
2007 2270 87.6 25.9 3.6
2008 2259 98.1 23.0 5
2009 2411 86.4 24.9 5.1
2010 2405 71.2 33.7 7.3
2011 2434 n/a n/a 6.6
2012 2435 83.6 29.1 n/a
2013 2361 85.2 27.7 12.9
2014 2360 80.7 29.2 12.3
2015 2338 86.0 27.1 10.6
2016 2345 83.0 28.2 10.5
2017 2282 91.9 24.8 10.6
2018 2250 90.6 24.8 17.7
2019 2195 91.7 23.9 15.9
2020 2173 n/a n/a 15.6
2021 2177 84.5 25.7 15.2
2022 2138 81.2 26.3 15.5
2023 2131 80.5 26.4 28.1
2024 2178 82.3 26.4 29.7

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 Canyon High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,129

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Canyon High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 194th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 207th of 2348 High schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Canyon High)7774.5
 2.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Orange Unified)58.359.9
 1.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Canyon High)47.348
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Orange Unified)27.726.8
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Canyon High)49.651.8
 2.2%
   11th Grade Science (Orange Unified)29.135.7
 6.6%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Canyon High)37.75.9
 31.8%
   12th Grade Science (Orange Unified)27.620.4
 7.2%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.8
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21952131
 2.9%
African American4226
 38.1%
American Indian65
 16.7%
Asian498527
 5.8%
Hispanic460515
 12%
Pacific Islander77
White1092950
 13%
Two or More Races9096
 6.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients15.9%28.1%
 12.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Canyon High

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,178 students attended Canyon High.

Canyon High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Anaheim Hills Elementary
Elementary : Canyon Rim Elementary
Elementary : Crescent Elementary
Elementary : Imperial Elementary
Elementary : Running Springs Academy
Middle : El Rancho Charter

Students at Canyon High are 43% White, 26% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Yes. Canyon High ranks in the top 6.7% of California high schools.


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