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Dana Hills High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
33333 Golden Lantern
Dana Point, CA 92629
Phone
(949) 496-6666
District
CAPISTRANO UNIFIED
County
ORANGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2062
Classroom Teachers
97

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Dana Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
59%
41%
74%
54%
43%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 475 23.0%
Grade 10 497 24.1%
Grade 11 563 27.3%
Grade 12 527 25.6%
Total 2062 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 60.0% 59.1% 22.7%
Black 0.8% 0.9% 5.4%
Hispanic 34.4% 30.5% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 9.2% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 28.2% 24.4% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 26.9% 23.3% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 1.1% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 361,705 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,295.5 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 132,565 13,147,353
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 84.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.0% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 42.2% 25.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.2% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.6% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.1% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,546 $350,315,504 63.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $714 $33,146,736 6.0%
Staff $377 $17,501,848 3.2%
General Administration $131 $6,081,544 1.1%
School Administration $788 $36,582,112 6.6%
Operation $941 $43,684,984 7.9%
Transportation $239 $11,095,336 2.0%
Other $405 $18,801,720 3.4%
Total Support $3,595 $166,894,280 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $797 $36,999,928 6.7%
Total Expenditures $11,937 $554,163,288 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%