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Los Alamitos 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3591 Cerritos Ave.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Phone
(562) 799-4780
District
Los Alamitos Unified
County
ORANGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
3055
Classroom Teachers
121

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.4% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Los Alamitos High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
62%
41%
78%
55%
46%
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
25
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 758 24.8%
Grade 10 771 25.2%
Grade 11 785 25.7%
Grade 12 741 24.3%
Total 3055 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 46.2% 44.5% 23.2%
Black 3.3% 2.7% 5.1%
Hispanic 31.1% 32.6% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 18.2% 19.3% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 0.8% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.1% 15.4% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 13.6% 13.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 1.6% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 50,387 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,120.4 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.5% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.6% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 30.7% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 21,946 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.8% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.9% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 35.9% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.3% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.5% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.6% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.9% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.4% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,991 $80,327,000 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $608 $5,428,000 3.6%
Staff $358 $3,198,000 2.1%
General Administration $171 $1,528,000 1.0%
School Administration $792 $7,075,000 4.7%
Operation $1,078 $9,629,000 6.4%
Transportation $159 $1,424,000 0.9%
Other $692 $6,180,000 4.1%
Total Support $3,857 $34,462,000 22.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,086 $36,505,000 24.1%
Total Expenditures $16,935 $151,294,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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