Laguna Hills High

Summary:

Laguna Hills High is a public high school serving 1,434 students in grades 9-12 in Laguna Hills, California. The school is part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 376 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Laguna Hills High has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and boasts impressive metrics, including a 4-year graduation rate ranging from 96.4% to 99.2% over the past 5 years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also has very low dropout rates, ranging from 0.0% to 2.2% during the same period. However, Laguna Hills High has experienced fluctuations in chronic absenteeism, with rates ranging from 2.8% to 18.2% over the past 5 years. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally on par with or slightly below the Saddleback Valley Unified School District and the state averages.

When compared to nearby schools within the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, such as Trabuco Hills High and El Toro High, Laguna Hills High generally performs on par or slightly below. However, when compared to schools outside the district, such as Tesoro High and Laguna Beach High, Laguna Hills High lags behind in several key metrics, including test scores and graduation rates. Additionally, Laguna Hills High has seen a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 33.65% in 2020-2021 to 53% in 2022-2023, suggesting a growing population of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 25401 Paseo de Valencia
       Laguna Hills, CA  92653-5395


(949) 770-5447

District: Saddleback Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
573rd of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,052 Help


Feeder schools for Laguna Hills High:

Elementary:    Lomarena Elementary
    San Joaquin Elementary
    Valencia Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  21.9 Help
Number of students:  1,434

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.1%
White:
32.8%
Asian:
10.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53% Help


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Compare Details Laguna Hills High ranks better than 75.3% of high schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 5 ranked high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.31. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Laguna Hills 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 (50.1%), White (32.8%), Asian (10.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Laguna Hills High is 21.9. 3 high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Laguna Hills High is $7,052, which is the 3rd highest among 5 high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Laguna Hills High:

SchoolDigger ranks Laguna Hills High 573rd of 2323 California public high schools. (See Laguna Hills High in the ranking list.)

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Saddleback Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Saddleback Valley Unified 376th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Laguna Hills High

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Rank History for all students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 83.83 53rd 1653 96.8%
2005 83.53 57th 1901 97.0%
2006 78.88 134th 1968 93.2%
2007 85.46 64th 2063 96.9%
2008 82.25 97th 2117 95.4%
2009 78.61 132nd 2238 94.1%
2010 81.30 121st 2281 94.7%
2011 78.19 164th 2367 93.1%
2012 80.41 138th 2354 94.1%
2013 80.79 126th 2426 94.8%
2015 89.09 194th 1994 90.3%
2016 91.55 158th 2039 92.3%
2017 89.31 216th 2021 89.3%
2018 82.29 368th 2017 81.8%
2019 82.56 313th 2133 85.3%
2021 76.43 281st 1290 78.2%
2022 74.36 461st 2123 78.3%
2023 73.29 431st 2348 81.6%
2024 63.31 573rd 2323 75.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.75 95th 366 74.0%
2019 81.54 64th 422 84.8%
2022 66.73 171st 515 66.8%
2023 52.77 309th 786 60.7%
2024 46.15 367th 804 54.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.38 166th 938 82.3%
2019 45.89 346th 941 63.2%
2021 66.18 88th 467 81.2%
2022 59.89 204th 1044 80.5%
2023 54.83 200th 1323 84.9%
2024 33.17 705th 1350 47.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.07 546th 1547 64.7%
2024 25.53 1152nd 1534 24.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.97 516th 1862 72.3%
2019 72.52 424th 1937 78.1%
2021 65.67 323rd 1126 71.3%
2022 54.51 756th 1943 61.1%
2023 68.00 452nd 2247 79.9%
2024 43.48 1027th 2235 54.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 56.07 113th 290 61.0%
2023 71.18 78th 417 81.3%
2024 42.09 265th 451 41.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.98 353rd 1760 79.9%
2019 80.26 315th 1833 82.8%
2021 70.35 289th 1054 72.6%
2022 75.43 388th 1858 79.1%
2023 74.61 384th 2118 81.9%
2024 54.47 716th 2098 65.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.47 88th 1052 91.6%
2019 72.46 190th 1117 83.0%
2021 56.62 161st 555 71.0%
2022 64.36 243rd 1161 79.1%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.06 177th 233 24.0%
2024 16.17 215th 234 8.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.42 376th 1834 79.5%
2019 80.28 320th 1880 83.0%
2021 76.94 244th 1122 78.3%
2022 69.92 495th 1916 74.2%
2023 69.40 471st 2207 78.7%
2024 65.54 520th 2172 76.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.16 260th 581 55.2%
2019 60.73 258th 582 55.7%
2022 59.70 268th 581 53.9%
2023 56.40 354th 731 51.6%
2024 59.04 324th 712 54.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.77 535th 1742 69.3%
2019 66.23 504th 1814 72.2%
2022 57.71 663rd 1861 64.4%
2023 64.22 528th 2142 75.4%
2024 55.06 716th 2125 66.3%
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Rank History for White students at Laguna Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.69 131st 1173 88.8%
2019 81.87 170th 1222 86.1%
2022 73.95 282nd 1204 76.6%
2023 64.25 380th 1434 73.5%
2024 65.10 378th 1406 73.1%
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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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Enrollment information for Laguna Hills High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1189 15 125 80 0 n/a n/a 0 1409
1989 1073 19 152 88 0 n/a n/a 0 1332
1990 1044 23 178 116 1 n/a n/a 0 1362
1991 1034 20 198 148 2 n/a n/a 0 1402
1992 1081 27 243 176 2 n/a n/a 0 1529
1993 1104 29 275 202 0 n/a n/a 0 1610
1994 1065 35 288 192 0 n/a n/a 0 1580
1995 1134 31 302 216 2 n/a n/a 0 1685
1996 1134 31 302 216 2 n/a n/a 0 1685
1997 1191 34 311 267 2 n/a n/a 0 1805
1998 1231 35 314 251 3 n/a n/a 0 1834
1999 1233 37 303 251 1 n/a n/a 0 1825
2000 1314 38 312 263 3 n/a n/a 0 1930
2001 1268 33 305 292 3 n/a n/a 0 1901
2002 1201 38 289 370 3 n/a n/a 0 1901
2003 1201 38 289 370 3 n/a n/a 0 1901
2004 1167 28 292 430 5 n/a n/a 0 1922
2005 1156 35 262 424 5 n/a n/a 0 1882
2006 1167 32 249 452 3 n/a n/a 0 1903
2007 1149 44 260 468 6 n/a n/a 0 1927
2008 1110 38 255 515 7 n/a n/a 0 1925
2009 1050 31 255 493 2 4 7 0 1842
2010 927 30 243 542 5 9 54 0 1810
2011 907 39 217 558 6 10 61 0 1798
2012 863 29 204 579 6 7 67 0 1755
2013 811 28 206 617 6 6 78 0 1752
2014 779 30 189 630 4 6 71 0 1709
2015 734 29 192 606 4 5 72 0 1642
2016 682 25 184 625 6 3 83 0 1608
2017 661 24 176 649 4 2 90 0 1606
2018 620 16 189 683 3 2 86 0 1599
2019 579 12 165 680 3 2 81 0 1522
2020 562 11 163 677 0 4 83 0 1500
2021 555 10 163 654 0 2 78 0 1462
2022 480 13 153 704 0 2 82 3 1437
2023 470 12 151 719 1 0 75 6 1434

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Laguna Hills High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1409 56.5 24.9 n/a
1989 1332 56.6 23.5 n/a
1990 1362 58.6 23.2 n/a
1991 1402 58.1 24.1 n/a
1992 1529 59.0 25.9 6.7
1993 1610 66.8 24.1 8.1
1994 1580 70.4 22.4 7.9
1995 1685 73.8 22.8 8
1996 1685 73.8 22.8 8
1997 1805 80.7 22.4 8.5
1998 1834 80.2 22.9 6.6
1999 1825 79.6 22.9 7.6
2000 1930 80.8 23.9 6.7
2001 1901 81.4 23.4 7.3
2002 1901 78.0 24.4 12.3
2003 1901 78.0 24.4 12.3
2004 1922 71.3 27.0 10.9
2005 1882 71.4 26.4 11.4
2006 1903 74.2 25.6 11.9
2007 1927 76.8 25.1 9.9
2008 1925 83.4 23.1 13.1
2009 1842 71.8 23.4 14.3
2010 1810 69.6 26.0 16
2011 1798 n/a n/a 17.3
2012 1755 64.9 27.0 n/a
2013 1752 63.2 27.7 30
2014 1709 59.8 28.5 30.8
2015 1642 64.0 25.6 27.4
2016 1608 63.0 25.5 29
2017 1606 65.7 24.4 30.8
2018 1599 67.0 23.8 38
2019 1522 59.7 25.4 35.3
2020 1500 n/a n/a 35.9
2021 1462 64.3 22.7 33.7
2022 1437 65.2 22.0 39.5
2023 1434 65.3 21.9 53

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 Laguna Hills High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1409 56.5 24.9 n/a
1989 1332 56.6 23.5 n/a
1990 1362 58.6 23.2 n/a
1991 1402 58.1 24.1 n/a
1992 1529 59.0 25.9 6.7
1993 1610 66.8 24.1 8.1
1994 1580 70.4 22.4 7.9
1995 1685 73.8 22.8 8
1996 1685 73.8 22.8 8
1997 1805 80.7 22.4 8.5
1998 1834 80.2 22.9 6.6
1999 1825 79.6 22.9 7.6
2000 1930 80.8 23.9 6.7
2001 1901 81.4 23.4 7.3
2002 1901 78.0 24.4 12.3
2003 1901 78.0 24.4 12.3
2004 1922 71.3 27.0 10.9
2005 1882 71.4 26.4 11.4
2006 1903 74.2 25.6 11.9
2007 1927 76.8 25.1 9.9
2008 1925 83.4 23.1 13.1
2009 1842 71.8 23.4 14.3
2010 1810 69.6 26.0 16
2011 1798 n/a n/a 17.3
2012 1755 64.9 27.0 n/a
2013 1752 63.2 27.7 30
2014 1709 59.8 28.5 30.8
2015 1642 64.0 25.6 27.4
2016 1608 63.0 25.5 29
2017 1606 65.7 24.4 30.8
2018 1599 67.0 23.8 38
2019 1522 59.7 25.4 35.3
2020 1500 n/a n/a 35.9
2021 1462 64.3 22.7 33.7
2022 1437 65.2 22.0 39.5
2023 1434 65.3 21.9 53

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 Laguna Hills High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,052

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Laguna Hills High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 313th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 431st of 2348 High schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Laguna Hills High)68.365.7
 2.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Saddleback Valley Unified)67.965
 2.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Laguna Hills High)40.434.1
 6.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Saddleback Valley Unified)45.237.9
 7.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Laguna Hills High)45.840
 5.8%
   11th Grade Science (Saddleback Valley Unified)49.444.2
 5.2%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students15221434
 5.8%
African American1212
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian165151
 8.5%
Hispanic680719
 5.7%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White579470
 18.8%
Two or More Races8175
 7.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients35.3%53%
 17.7%


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Laguna Hills High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Lomarena Elementary
Elementary : San Joaquin Elementary
Elementary : Valencia Elementary

Students at Laguna Hills High are 50% Hispanic, 33% White, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

Laguna Hills High ranks 573rd of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,434 students attended Laguna Hills High.


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