High School Report Cards

The Times today is publishing selected “quality indicators” for Orange County high schools, released annually by the California Department of Education. The data come from a variety of sources, including the schools themselves. The information is compiled on every high school to help parents, educators and policymakers spot trends in performance.

The four-year completion rate and the college attendance information is from the 1994-95 school year and is the latest such data available. The SAT information is from the 1995-96 school year.

NOTES TO THE TABLES

Four-year completion rate is an estimate of the percentage of the current ninth-grade class that will stay in school through the 12th grade. It is based on the combined dropout rate for all four high school grades during the 1994-95 school year.

SAT/ACT above average is the percentage of seniors who scored above the national average on the SAT or the ACT, which colleges use when making admissions decisions. For example, if the rate is 50, it would mean that half of the seniors taking one of the tests scored above the national average. The national average for the SAT, which measures verbal and mathematics reasoning, is 1000.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Other available statistics include information about student background and enrollment. This additional information and the information appearing on these pages can be obtained in several ways.

From the state Department of Education at (916) 657-2905.

On the Internet at: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ftpbranch/retdiv/epic/

Information for schools in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties is available from the Los Angeles Times World Wide Web site at: https://www.latimes.com/test.scores

From your local school or school district office.

Scholastic Assessment Test Averages

Average SAT scores of students taking the college entrance test at Orange County public high schools. The SAT combined score is a total of math and verbal totals. The College Board recentered the score scale in 1995, shifting the national combined average of 900 to 1000.

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High School Combined Math Verbal Tested University High 1177 612 565 76.9% Corona del Mar 1148 589 559 78.7% Foothill 1144 590 554 61.3% Troy 1140 590 550 51.1% Sunny Hills 1137 602 535 80.1% Laguna Hills 1131 585 546 70.2% Dana Hills 1125 569 556 45.6% Irvine 1111 578 533 62.2% Villa Park 1109 571 538 67.6% Estancia 1106 560 546 25.8% Capistrano Valley 1103 561 542 47.9% Marina 1102 565 537 52.3% Aliso Niguel 1099 570 529 46.3% Fountain Valley 1096 570 526 56.7% Laguna Beach 1095 548 547 61.9% Brea Olinda 1095 567 528 55.7% Newport Harbor 1091 561 530 50.2% Edison 1089 559 530 51.8% El Dorado 1088 560 528 57.0% Esperanza 1086 563 523 59.5% Los Alamitos 1085 556 529 63.4% Woodbridge 1085 568 517 67.7% San Clemente 1082 552 530 43.2% El Toro 1081 551 530 57.6% Mission Viejo 1080 551 529 51.0% Canyon 1078 550 528 68.6% El Modena 1077 551 526 53.5% Ocean View 1076 542 534 40.1% Trabuco Hills 1074 547 527 49.5% Costa Mesa 1073 562 511 33.7% Huntington Beach 1071 546 525 47.7% Valencia 1067 545 522 39.9% Pacifica 1056 539 517 42.2% Fullerton 1048 518 530 32.7% Sonora 1023 518 505 41.8% La Habra 1010 513 497 33.8% Bolsa Grande 1008 545 463 34.0% Orange 999 519 480 34.4% Garden Grove 997 530 467 38.0% Los Amigos 996 527 469 33.6% Westminster 994 523 471 39.4% La Quinta 989 539 450 42.1% Rancho Alamitos 985 529 456 30.6% Tustin 982 501 481 34.0% Saddleback 924 478 446 24.3% Santiago 911 485 426 27.2% Buena Park 899 453 446 27.9% Valley 868 458 410 25.0% Century 865 440 425 23.0% Santa Ana 830 443 387 23.4%

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* 1995-96 SAT scores were not available for the Anaheim Union High School District--Anaheim; Cypress; Western; Savanna; Magnolia; Loara; John F. Kennedy; Katella.

Source: California Department of Education

* n/a means the rate was not calculated.

* Percentages are rounded off to the nearest tenth.

Sources: California Department of Education, individual school districts