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La Quinta 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
10372 Mc Fadden St.
Westminster, CA 92683
Phone
(714) 663-6315
District
GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED
County
ORANGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2122
Classroom Teachers
85

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

La Quinta High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
70%
41%
78%
54%
61%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 20 10 0
25
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 518 24.4%
Grade 10 530 25.0%
Grade 11 555 26.2%
Grade 12 519 24.5%
Total 2122 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.3% 6.6% 22.7%
Black 0.3% 0.6% 5.4%
Hispanic 15.9% 55.0% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 80.0% 37.3% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.5% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 68.1% 71.8% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 57.7% 64.2% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.4% 7.6% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 273,017 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 9,502.9 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 76,713 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 7.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 75.3% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.3% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.9% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.2% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,928 $369,574,560 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $811 $33,571,345 4.9%
Staff $601 $24,878,395 3.6%
General Administration $116 $4,801,820 0.7%
School Administration $810 $33,529,950 4.9%
Operation $1,185 $49,053,075 7.1%
Transportation $335 $13,867,325 2.0%
Other $417 $17,261,715 2.5%
Total Support $4,273 $176,880,835 25.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,407 $141,032,765 20.5%
Total Expenditures $16,608 $687,488,160 100.0%
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%