Trabuco Hills High

Summary:

Trabuco Hills High is a public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,579 students. The school is part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 376 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Trabuco Hills High consistently ranks among the top high schools in California, with a statewide ranking between 79 and 324 over the past several years. The school's students perform exceptionally well on standardized tests, with 69.63% of 11th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 41.03% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year. Trabuco Hills High's performance exceeds the Saddleback Valley Unified School District and the state of California in all tested subjects and grade levels. The school has maintained a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.5% to 97.0% over the past five school years, and a low dropout rate fluctuating between 1.2% and 3.4% during the same period.

Trabuco Hills High has a diverse student population, with significant representation from Asian (23.4%), Hispanic (31.1%), and White (32.6%) students. The school's performance is particularly strong among Asian students, who rank in the top 83-45 among California high schools in the past three years, and for African American students, who ranked 22nd out of 522 California high schools in the 2021-2022 school year. However, the school's performance for homeless and disabled students is relatively lower compared to other student subgroups, suggesting a need for targeted support and resources. Additionally, Trabuco Hills High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 9.3% in 2018-2019 to 21.0% in 2021-2022, before decreasing to 17.2% in 2022-2023, which may warrant further investigation and intervention.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 27501 Mustang Run
       Mission Viejo, CA  92691-1027


(949) 768-1934

District: Saddleback Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
324th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,207 Help


Feeder schools for Trabuco Hills High:

Elementary:    Cielo Vista Elementary
    Del Lago Elementary
    Melinda Heights Elementary
    Trabuco Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  23.0 Help
Number of students:  2,579

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.0%
Hispanic:
27.7%
Asian:
16.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  36.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Trabuco Hills High ranks better than 86.1% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd 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 80.34. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Trabuco 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 Trabuco Hills High has the largest high school student body size in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Student population at Trabuco Hills High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (46%), Hispanic (27.7%), Asian (16.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 36.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Trabuco Hills High is 23, which is the highest among 6 high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Trabuco Hills High is $6,207, which is the lowest among 6 high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Trabuco Hills High:

SchoolDigger ranks Trabuco Hills High 324th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Trabuco 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 Trabuco Hills High

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Rank History for all students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 85.45 46th 1653 97.2%
2005 87.73 37th 1901 98.1%
2006 83.63 76th 1968 96.1%
2007 81.89 96th 2063 95.3%
2008 79.38 131st 2117 93.8%
2009 81.65 89th 2238 96.0%
2010 80.70 130th 2281 94.3%
2011 81.01 133rd 2367 94.4%
2012 83.11 101st 2354 95.7%
2013 83.40 94th 2426 96.1%
2015 89.84 185th 1994 90.7%
2016 90.65 178th 2039 91.3%
2017 91.32 165th 2021 91.8%
2018 90.55 189th 2017 90.6%
2019 84.60 282nd 2133 86.8%
2021 93.21 79th 1290 93.9%
2022 92.01 168th 2123 92.1%
2023 81.17 306th 2348 87.0%
2024 80.34 324th 2323 86.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.52 62nd 366 83.1%
2019 75.26 101st 422 76.1%
2022 73.94 118th 515 77.1%
2023 61.98 241st 786 69.3%
2024 65.94 209th 804 74.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.77 93rd 938 90.1%
2019 70.97 112th 941 88.1%
2021 87.12 34th 467 92.7%
2022 62.00 178th 1044 83.0%
2023 74.33 51st 1323 96.1%
2024 38.35 523rd 1350 61.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 49.51 479th 1547 69.0%
2024 69.63 219th 1534 85.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.97 274th 1862 85.3%
2019 81.73 258th 1937 86.7%
2021 85.31 126th 1126 88.8%
2022 76.56 332nd 1943 82.9%
2023 67.48 467th 2247 79.2%
2024 56.01 707th 2235 68.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 60.77 129th 417 69.1%
2024 26.89 337th 451 25.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.06 154th 1760 91.3%
2019 86.85 211th 1833 88.5%
2021 91.81 83rd 1054 92.1%
2022 92.20 149th 1858 92.0%
2023 83.77 238th 2118 88.8%
2024 78.65 324th 2098 84.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.37 255th 1052 75.8%
2019 60.42 283rd 1117 74.7%
2021 51.52 194th 555 65.0%
2022 60.79 277th 1161 76.1%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 72.79 53rd 233 77.3%
2024 37.17 143rd 234 38.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.11 197th 1834 89.3%
2019 90.82 147th 1880 92.2%
2021 92.90 85th 1122 92.4%
2022 89.15 194th 1916 89.9%
2023 76.78 361st 2207 83.6%
2024 78.98 324th 2172 85.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.22 133rd 581 77.1%
2019 83.77 73rd 582 87.5%
2022 82.49 84th 581 85.5%
2023 86.40 45th 731 93.8%
2024 82.84 83rd 712 88.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.35 216th 582 62.9%
2022 93.50 22nd 522 95.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.45 221st 1742 87.3%
2019 68.71 460th 1814 74.6%
2022 79.04 283rd 1861 84.8%
2023 71.28 395th 2142 81.6%
2024 57.97 640th 2125 69.9%
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Rank History for White students at Trabuco Hills High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.28 238th 1173 79.7%
2019 80.79 187th 1222 84.7%
2022 78.85 225th 1204 81.3%
2023 59.46 454th 1434 68.3%
2024 61.96 416th 1406 70.4%
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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 Trabuco Hills High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1067 17 89 91 5 n/a n/a 0 1269
1989 1179 27 118 115 6 n/a n/a 0 1445
1990 1132 35 154 128 5 n/a n/a 0 1454
1991 1136 43 184 145 3 n/a n/a 0 1511
1992 1309 52 198 166 3 n/a n/a 0 1728
1993 1332 54 187 181 1 n/a n/a 0 1755
1994 1360 48 180 189 1 n/a n/a 0 1778
1995 1404 47 199 248 4 n/a n/a 0 1902
1996 1404 47 199 248 4 n/a n/a 0 1902
1997 1425 43 215 280 5 n/a n/a 0 1968
1998 1486 65 243 328 11 n/a n/a 0 2133
1999 1563 62 264 309 9 n/a n/a 0 2207
2000 1665 73 281 327 10 n/a n/a 0 2356
2001 1786 83 305 343 10 n/a n/a 0 2527
2002 1893 87 350 388 11 n/a n/a 0 2729
2003 1893 87 350 388 11 n/a n/a 0 2729
2004 1931 78 354 422 10 n/a n/a 0 2795
2005 2036 83 353 424 15 n/a n/a 0 2911
2006 2115 88 377 475 14 n/a n/a 4 3073
2007 2108 86 389 491 17 n/a n/a 13 3104
2008 2158 84 406 516 16 n/a n/a 0 3180
2009 2132 85 432 565 16 11 29 0 3270
2010 2038 70 397 659 15 8 75 0 3262
2011 2021 60 374 694 20 8 154 0 3331
2012 1927 50 372 666 18 4 158 0 3195
2013 1873 45 329 670 13 4 187 0 3121
2014 1796 48 318 690 9 6 186 0 3053
2015 1693 50 309 722 7 6 173 0 2960
2016 1632 52 320 718 6 6 178 0 2912
2017 1591 46 337 674 5 5 183 0 2841
2018 1533 39 359 693 6 6 194 0 2830
2019 1467 39 368 714 5 5 223 0 2821
2020 1407 44 392 707 6 4 228 0 2788
2021 1301 48 393 749 6 3 217 1 2718
2022 1284 39 395 726 7 2 214 9 2676
2023 1187 33 419 715 3 4 209 9 2579

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 Trabuco Hills High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1269 52.9 23.9 n/a
1989 1445 59.7 24.2 n/a
1990 1454 61.2 23.7 n/a
1991 1511 66.5 22.7 n/a
1992 1728 67.6 25.5 4.3
1993 1755 72.6 24.2 5.2
1994 1778 75.8 23.5 4.6
1995 1902 83.6 22.8 4.9
1996 1902 83.6 22.8 4.9
1997 1968 85.8 22.9 5.2
1998 2133 91.8 23.2 5.3
1999 2207 93.8 23.5 5.3
2000 2356 98.3 24.0 5.1
2001 2527 105.5 24.0 5.1
2002 2729 108.2 25.2 6.6
2003 2729 108.2 25.2 6.6
2004 2795 103.0 27.1 7.1
2005 2911 107.0 27.2 7.4
2006 3073 112.4 27.3 6.3
2007 3104 117.8 26.3 6
2008 3180 133.4 23.8 6
2009 3270 124.2 24.7 6.3
2010 3262 124.6 26.1 9.3
2011 3331 n/a n/a 9.8
2012 3195 112.1 28.5 n/a
2013 3121 109.3 28.5 15
2014 3053 106.8 28.5 17.2
2015 2960 112.0 26.4 14
2016 2912 112.0 26.0 14
2017 2841 110.9 25.6 13.1
2018 2830 109.6 25.8 18.3
2019 2821 109.4 25.7 18.3
2020 2788 n/a n/a 19.6
2021 2718 114.8 23.6 19.9
2022 2676 113.6 23.5 22.5
2023 2579 111.6 23.0 36.6

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 Trabuco Hills High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1269 52.9 23.9 n/a
1989 1445 59.7 24.2 n/a
1990 1454 61.2 23.7 n/a
1991 1511 66.5 22.7 n/a
1992 1728 67.6 25.5 4.3
1993 1755 72.6 24.2 5.2
1994 1778 75.8 23.5 4.6
1995 1902 83.6 22.8 4.9
1996 1902 83.6 22.8 4.9
1997 1968 85.8 22.9 5.2
1998 2133 91.8 23.2 5.3
1999 2207 93.8 23.5 5.3
2000 2356 98.3 24.0 5.1
2001 2527 105.5 24.0 5.1
2002 2729 108.2 25.2 6.6
2003 2729 108.2 25.2 6.6
2004 2795 103.0 27.1 7.1
2005 2911 107.0 27.2 7.4
2006 3073 112.4 27.3 6.3
2007 3104 117.8 26.3 6
2008 3180 133.4 23.8 6
2009 3270 124.2 24.7 6.3
2010 3262 124.6 26.1 9.3
2011 3331 n/a n/a 9.8
2012 3195 112.1 28.5 n/a
2013 3121 109.3 28.5 15
2014 3053 106.8 28.5 17.2
2015 2960 112.0 26.4 14
2016 2912 112.0 26.0 14
2017 2841 110.9 25.6 13.1
2018 2830 109.6 25.8 18.3
2019 2821 109.4 25.7 18.3
2020 2788 n/a n/a 19.6
2021 2718 114.8 23.6 19.9
2022 2676 113.6 23.5 22.5
2023 2579 111.6 23.0 36.6

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 Trabuco Hills High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,207

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Trabuco Hills High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 282nd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 306th of 2348 High schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Trabuco Hills High)72.365.9
 6.4%
   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 (Trabuco Hills High)51.642
 9.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Saddleback Valley Unified)45.237.9
 7.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Trabuco Hills High)56.147.5
 8.7%
   11th Grade Science (Saddleback Valley Unified)49.444.2
 5.2%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Trabuco Hills High)26.76.3
 20.4%
   12th Grade Science (Saddleback Valley Unified)19.610.1
 9.5%
   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 Students28212579
 8.6%
African American3933
 15.4%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian368419
 13.9%
Hispanic714715
 0.1%
Pacific Islander54
 20%
White14671187
 19.1%
Two or More Races223209
 6.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients18.3%36.6%
 18.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Trabuco Hills High

Students at Trabuco Hills High are 46% White, 28% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 1% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,579 students attended Trabuco Hills High.

Trabuco Hills High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cielo Vista Elementary
Elementary : Del Lago Elementary
Elementary : Melinda Heights Elementary
Elementary : Trabuco Elementary
Elementary : Trabuco Mesa Elementary

Trabuco Hills High ranks 324th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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