High Schools in Garden Grove Unified

The eight high schools in Garden Grove Unified include seven schools serving grades 9–12 and Marie L. Hare High, which serves grades 7–12; the seven conventional high schools enroll 1,430–2,148 students, compared with Hare’s 218. In 2025–26 11th-grade results, those seven schools averaged 70% in ELA, 46% in math and 46% in science, each above the California average. But the range between schools is wide, especially in math, so families should compare individual schools rather than assume the district-wide pattern applies everywhere.

La Quinta High led all three subjects, with 83% ELA, 70% math and 60% science proficiency—7, 11 and 10 percentage points ahead of the next-highest school in each subject. SchoolDigger ranks La Quinta 114th of 2,137 California schools, in the 95th percentile, with five stars. Pacifica High placed second in all three subjects, at 76%, 58% and 51%. Garden Grove High was third in ELA, at 72%, but had 44% in math. At the other end, Hare scored 18% in ELA, 2% in math and 8% in science—40, 30 and 31 points below state rates. SchoolDigger ranks Hare 1,870th of 2,137, in the 12th percentile, with one star.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the seven conventional schools’ average rose 1 point in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science; state averages rose 0, 1 and 3 points, respectively. Rancho Alamitos High improved in all three subjects, gaining 3 points in ELA, 6 in math and 6 in science, while La Quinta gained 3 points in ELA but declined 3 in math and 2 in science. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure ranged from 51% at Pacifica to 92% at Los Amigos High; these are contextual observations, not explanations of scores. Ratios also do not track results neatly: Hare had the lowest student-teacher ratio, 13.8, while La Quinta had the highest, 23.3.