El Modena High

Summary:

El Modena High is a public high school in Orange, California, serving 2,040 students in grades 9-12 and part of the Orange Unified School District. The school consistently performs above district and state averages in academic assessments, maintains high graduation rates, and sees strong performance across various student subgroups.

El Modena High's academic performance is a standout, with 64.19% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy in 2023-2024, compared to 58.78% for the district and 55.73% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's performance is on par with the district but above the state average. The school's four-year graduation rate ranges from 96.0% to 98.1%, consistently outperforming the state average. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 10.8% in 2017-2018 to 27.2% in 2022-2023, which is an area of concern.

Compared to nearby schools, El Modena High performs better than Richland Continuation High in most academic metrics but lags behind Villa Park High in several areas. Within the Orange Unified School District, El Modena High also serves a significant population of students from low-income families, with 41.79% to 67.01% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years, which may impact academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3920 Spring St.
       Orange, CA  92869-3599


(714) 997-6240

District: Orange Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
468th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,445 Help


Feeder schools for El Modena High:

Elementary:    Chapman Hills Elementary
    Esplanade Elementary
    Jordan Academy of Language and Computer Science
    La Veta Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  22.4 Help
Number of students:  1,914

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.6%
White:
19.1%
Asian:
6.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69% Help


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Compare Details El Modena High ranks better than 79.9% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd 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 70.26. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at El Modena 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 (71.6%), White (19.1%), Asian (6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at El Modena High is 22.4. 3 high schools in the Orange Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at El Modena High is $5,445. 3 high schools in the Orange Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

El Modena High:

SchoolDigger ranks El Modena High 468th of 2323 California public high schools. (See El Modena 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 El Modena High

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Rank History for all students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 76.80 98th 1653 94.1%
2005 81.31 84th 1901 95.6%
2006 76.19 176th 1968 91.1%
2007 73.95 202nd 2063 90.2%
2008 77.24 164th 2117 92.3%
2009 72.39 224th 2238 90.0%
2010 75.03 200th 2281 91.2%
2011 74.78 217th 2367 90.8%
2012 76.17 200th 2354 91.5%
2013 74.61 220th 2426 90.9%
2015 66.88 611th 1994 69.4%
2016 73.44 492nd 2039 75.9%
2017 66.58 658th 2021 67.4%
2018 66.65 670th 2017 66.8%
2019 68.19 575th 2133 73.0%
2021 61.94 441st 1290 65.8%
2022 61.96 672nd 2123 68.3%
2023 65.59 550th 2348 76.6%
2024 70.26 468th 2323 79.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.90 541st 938 42.3%
2019 35.22 595th 941 36.8%
2021 41.61 243rd 467 48.0%
2022 32.80 735th 1044 29.6%
2023 54.82 201st 1323 84.8%
2024 41.37 424th 1350 68.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 65.44 257th 1547 83.4%
2024 70.27 209th 1534 86.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.71 814th 1862 56.3%
2019 57.21 740th 1937 61.8%
2021 43.18 652nd 1126 42.1%
2022 45.62 965th 1943 50.3%
2023 62.47 574th 2247 74.5%
2024 65.83 485th 2235 78.3%
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Rank History for Female students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.15 702nd 1760 60.1%
2019 67.66 503rd 1833 72.6%
2021 55.79 447th 1054 57.6%
2022 57.43 676th 1858 63.6%
2023 66.52 499th 2118 76.4%
2024 60.33 596th 2098 71.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.42 182nd 1052 82.7%
2019 71.41 198th 1117 82.3%
2021 38.67 307th 555 44.7%
2022 32.46 759th 1161 34.6%
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Rank History for Male students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.42 601st 1834 67.2%
2019 62.89 615th 1880 67.3%
2021 60.04 402nd 1122 64.2%
2022 61.80 611th 1916 68.1%
2023 62.36 566th 2207 74.4%
2024 74.88 380th 2172 82.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.19 183rd 581 68.5%
2019 76.93 127th 582 78.2%
2022 63.69 237th 581 59.2%
2023 73.57 188th 731 74.3%
2024 65.45 266th 712 62.6%
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Rank History for African American students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 88.67 44th 592 92.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.45 724th 1742 58.4%
2019 60.44 627th 1814 65.4%
2022 47.31 883rd 1861 52.6%
2023 61.05 578th 2142 73.0%
2024 68.84 412th 2125 80.6%
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Rank History for White students at El Modena High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.78 292nd 1173 75.1%
2019 71.34 316th 1222 74.1%
2022 74.26 277th 1204 77.0%
2023 81.22 156th 1434 89.1%
2024 83.31 122nd 1406 91.3%
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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.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for El Modena High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1381 21 200 381 6 n/a n/a 0 1989
1989 1218 17 202 402 8 n/a n/a 0 1847
1990 1061 18 209 424 5 n/a n/a 0 1717
1991 972 17 218 450 4 n/a n/a 0 1661
1992 931 10 198 483 3 n/a n/a 0 1625
1993 936 9 211 509 5 n/a n/a 0 1670
1994 886 12 192 499 4 n/a n/a 0 1593
1995 839 21 212 553 4 n/a n/a 0 1629
1996 839 21 212 553 4 n/a n/a 0 1629
1997 860 26 204 538 6 n/a n/a 0 1634
1998 943 32 223 560 5 n/a n/a 0 1763
1999 1018 33 210 566 7 n/a n/a 0 1834
2000 1133 33 224 597 7 n/a n/a 0 1994
2001 1114 37 171 625 11 n/a n/a 0 1958
2002 1095 29 210 693 25 n/a n/a 73 2125
2003 1095 29 210 693 25 n/a n/a 73 2125
2004 1117 27 212 729 23 n/a n/a 7 2115
2005 1143 29 216 754 21 n/a n/a 15 2178
2006 1086 30 203 832 14 n/a n/a 12 2177
2007 1026 30 206 946 13 n/a n/a 23 2244
2008 959 28 206 1028 9 n/a n/a 0 2230
2009 861 33 162 1083 10 8 38 0 2195
2010 793 29 176 1154 11 6 12 0 2181
2011 772 40 181 1150 11 12 10 0 2176
2012 737 35 180 1220 13 8 14 0 2207
2013 692 28 168 1174 7 9 18 0 2096
2014 665 26 163 1203 3 8 21 0 2089
2015 679 28 146 1312 2 6 23 0 2196
2016 599 28 144 1284 3 5 23 0 2086
2017 532 34 156 1333 5 2 30 0 2092
2018 520 34 167 1363 5 2 42 0 2133
2019 456 34 173 1390 5 4 53 0 2115
2020 473 29 158 1395 4 1 54 0 2114
2021 462 22 145 1424 6 2 49 1 2111
2022 457 21 123 1370 4 4 47 1 2027
2023 432 19 125 1426 3 5 28 2 2040
2024 366 18 115 1370 3 7 31 4 1914

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 El Modena High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1989 87.4 22.7 n/a
1989 1847 84.4 21.8 n/a
1990 1717 79.0 21.7 n/a
1991 1661 73.7 22.5 n/a
1992 1625 74.9 21.6 23.8
1993 1670 73.1 22.8 25.2
1994 1593 65.4 24.4 24.9
1995 1629 64.4 25.3 26.2
1996 1629 64.4 25.3 26.2
1997 1634 64.1 25.5 29.8
1998 1763 70.8 24.9 24.6
1999 1834 72.6 25.3 23.7
2000 1994 81.5 24.5 22.4
2001 1958 85.0 23.0 24.1
2002 2125 85.1 25.0 23.5
2003 2125 85.1 25.0 23.5
2004 2115 81.6 25.9 23.9
2005 2178 91.2 23.9 24.1
2006 2177 84.9 25.6 21.8
2007 2244 90.1 24.9 24.4
2008 2230 94.0 23.7 25.6
2009 2195 84.3 23.0 24.8
2010 2181 77.6 28.1 32.4
2011 2176 n/a n/a 30.1
2012 2207 80.4 27.4 n/a
2013 2096 78.9 26.5 44.9
2014 2089 82.9 25.1 44.6
2015 2196 90.0 24.4 41.9
2016 2086 84.0 24.8 42.7
2017 2092 93.6 22.3 42.5
2018 2133 97.0 21.9 48.5
2019 2115 97.2 21.7 49.6
2020 2114 n/a n/a 47.9
2021 2111 92.1 22.9 44.9
2022 2027 87.9 23.0 41.8
2023 2040 86.1 23.6 67
2024 1914 85.1 22.4 69

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 El Modena High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1989 87.4 22.7 n/a
1989 1847 84.4 21.8 n/a
1990 1717 79.0 21.7 n/a
1991 1661 73.7 22.5 n/a
1992 1625 74.9 21.6 23.8
1993 1670 73.1 22.8 25.2
1994 1593 65.4 24.4 24.9
1995 1629 64.4 25.3 26.2
1996 1629 64.4 25.3 26.2
1997 1634 64.1 25.5 29.8
1998 1763 70.8 24.9 24.6
1999 1834 72.6 25.3 23.7
2000 1994 81.5 24.5 22.4
2001 1958 85.0 23.0 24.1
2002 2125 85.1 25.0 23.5
2003 2125 85.1 25.0 23.5
2004 2115 81.6 25.9 23.9
2005 2178 91.2 23.9 24.1
2006 2177 84.9 25.6 21.8
2007 2244 90.1 24.9 24.4
2008 2230 94.0 23.7 25.6
2009 2195 84.3 23.0 24.8
2010 2181 77.6 28.1 32.4
2011 2176 n/a n/a 30.1
2012 2207 80.4 27.4 n/a
2013 2096 78.9 26.5 44.9
2014 2089 82.9 25.1 44.6
2015 2196 90.0 24.4 41.9
2016 2086 84.0 24.8 42.7
2017 2092 93.6 22.3 42.5
2018 2133 97.0 21.9 48.5
2019 2115 97.2 21.7 49.6
2020 2114 n/a n/a 47.9
2021 2111 92.1 22.9 44.9
2022 2027 87.9 23.0 41.8
2023 2040 86.1 23.6 67
2024 1914 85.1 22.4 69

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 El Modena High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,444

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

Impact of COVID-19 on El Modena High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 575th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 550th of 2348 High schools
 3.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (El Modena High)62.860.2
 2.6%
   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 (El Modena High)27.424.6
 2.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Orange Unified)27.726.8
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (El Modena High)29.140.2
 11.2%
   11th Grade Science (Orange Unified)29.135.7
 6.6%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (El Modena High)3213.3
 18.6%
   12th Grade Science (Orange Unified)27.611
 16.6%
   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 Students21152040
 3.5%
African American3419
 44.1%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian173125
 27.7%
Hispanic13901426
 2.6%
Pacific Islander45
 25%
White456432
 5.3%
Two or More Races5328
 47.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49.6%67%
 17.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about El Modena High

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,914 students attended El Modena High.

El Modena High ranks 468th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

El Modena High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Chapman Hills Elementary
Elementary : Esplanade Elementary
Elementary : Jordan Academy of Language and Computer Science
Elementary : La Veta Elementary
Elementary : Linda Vista Elementary
Elementary : Panorama Elementary
Elementary : Prospect Elementary

Students at El Modena High are 72% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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