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Laguna Beach High

Public Grades 9-12

93^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,135 California High Schools

Better than 96% of California high schools

Summary

Laguna Beach High is a public high school in Laguna Beach, serving grades 9–12 with 815 students as part of Laguna Beach Unified. Its strongest headline is academic: in 2025–2026, it led nearby schools with reported results in all three subjects and scored well above California’s proficiency rates.

The school’s ELA proficiency was 83%, math was 60%, and science was 68%, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. It also scored higher than nearby Aliso Niguel High in each subject: 79% in ELA, 54% in math, and 65% in science. Compared with its own district, the school was 5 points ahead in ELA and 2 points behind in science, but math is its clearest relative weakness: it scored 13 points below the district’s 73%.

Math has improved over time, rising 11 points from 50% in 2022–2023 to 60% in 2025–2026; its lead over the state grew, while its gap with the district narrowed. Over the same period, ELA slipped 1 point to 83%, while science rose 7 points to 68%. SchoolDigger ranks the school 93rd of 2,137 California schools, in the 96th percentile, with five stars. In 2024–2025, its student-teacher ratio was 17.3, and 17% of students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Asian Students rose from 48 in 2022–2023 to 90 in 2024–2025, a notable gain in the school’s standing for serving this group relative to peers statewide. The reported all-grades test figures match the 11th-grade results, so they do not show how performance differs across the school’s other grades.

815

Students ?

17.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$46,016

Per pupil spending ?

17.1%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

625 Park Ave.
Laguna Beach, CA 92651-2340

(949) 497-7750

District: Laguna Beach Unified

Feeder schools for Laguna Beach High:

Elementary:	El Morro Elementary
	Top of the World Elementary
Middle:	Thurston Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

72.9%

Hispanic:

11.3%

Two or more races:

8.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 94th percentile in 2015 → 96th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (71% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of California high schools

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school71%

District avg75%

California avg42%

93^rd of 2,135

California public high schools ?

Top 4%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

46^th of 1,530Laguna Beach Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	94.9	93 of 2135	95.6%	★★★★★
2025	93.4	133 of 2162	93.8%	★★★★★
2024	97.4	57 of 2159	97.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.1	111 of 2170	94.9%	★★★★★
2022	91.9	173 of 2123	91.9%	★★★★★
2019	95.8	88 of 2133	95.9%	★★★★★
2018	90.9	180 of 2017	91.1%	★★★★★
2017	93.1	127 of 2021	93.7%	★★★★★
2016	93.3	116 of 2039	94.3%	★★★★★
2015	93.5	114 of 1994	94.3%	★★★★★
2013	83.3	95 of 2426	96.1%	★★★★★
2012	85.3	74 of 2354	96.9%	★★★★★
2011	85.0	77 of 2367	96.7%	★★★★★
2010	80.9	124 of 2281	94.6%	★★★★★
2009	73.0	217 of 2238	90.3%	★★★★★
2008	71.1	257 of 2117	87.9%	★★★★☆
2007	68.8	283 of 2063	86.3%	★★★★☆
2006	72.3	239 of 1968	87.9%	★★★★☆
2005	70.9	238 of 1901	87.5%	★★★★☆
2004	63.9	284 of 1653	82.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.3	57 of 585	90.3%	★★★★★
2024	85.4	61 of 573	89.4%	★★★★☆
2023	55.9	307 of 591	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	89.6	26 of 581	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	90.4	25 of 582	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	64.1	240 of 581	58.7%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	90.4	74 of 1161	93.6%	★★★★★
2019	98.7	20 of 1117	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	32 of 1052	97.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	96.0	44 of 1864	97.6%	★★★★★
2025	95.2	70 of 1906	96.3%	★★★★★
2024	95.2	81 of 1915	95.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.3	112 of 1915	94.2%	★★★★★
2022	91.5	154 of 1858	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	96.9	42 of 1833	97.7%	★★★★★
2018	90.5	146 of 1760	91.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	93.1	91 of 1880	95.2%	★★★★★
2025	96.2	51 of 1900	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	96.1	59 of 1902	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	96.2	71 of 1917	96.3%	★★★★★
2022	86.9	170 of 1861	90.9%	★★★★★
2019	93.6	71 of 1814	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.2	245 of 1742	85.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	91.4	143 of 1997	92.8%	★★★★★
2025	92.5	108 of 2013	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	98.4	33 of 2026	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	90.9	150 of 2030	92.6%	★★★★★
2022	90.4	144 of 1943	92.6%	★★★★★
2019	96.1	57 of 1937	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	77.9	352 of 1862	81.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	91.2	153 of 1930	92.1%	★★★★★
2025	89.3	196 of 1942	89.9%	★★★★☆
2024	97.9	52 of 1948	97.3%	★★★★★
2023	94.1	132 of 1963	93.3%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	172 of 1916	91.0%	★★★★★
2019	93.9	104 of 1880	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	89.2	195 of 1834	89.4%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	89.0	51 of 588	91.3%	★★★★★
2025	70.1	169 of 577	70.7%	★★★★☆
2024	95.4	13 of 574	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	85.4	64 of 541	88.2%	★★★★☆
2022	85.8	40 of 515	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	59.8	155 of 366	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	88.3	103 of 1235	91.7%	★★★★★
2025	67.4	277 of 1252	77.9%	★★★★☆
2024	98.9	18 of 1216	98.5%	★★★★★
2023	82.8	123 of 1197	89.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	85.6	118 of 1130	89.6%	★★★★☆
2025	80.8	191 of 1155	83.5%	★★★★☆
2024	89.8	85 of 1173	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	84.5	152 of 1193	87.3%	★★★★☆
2022	74.5	273 of 1204	77.3%	★★★★☆
2019	87.6	105 of 1222	91.4%	★★★★★
2018	81.3	203 of 1173	82.7%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)98th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)95th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)94th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)93rd percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2026)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)91st percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)90th percentile-4 vs school

White (2026)90th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy83%+34 vs state

Science68%+32 vs state

Mathematics60%+22 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, May 19, 2023

The truth as I see it. Most parents feel at ease reading high ratings based on a very rudimentary collection of data but fail to look more critically at the curriculum, culture and mission. It would be very cavalier to say Laguna Beach HS is a country club but my observation has been that parents don't seem to internalize that their children are in fact being prepared to be very successful...FOR THE 1970s. Unfortunately, it's 2023. Water polo is the driving force here. Don't think so? Ask anyone who lives in LB about the schools. You will get a positive response, but if water polo isn't in the first sentence I would be shocked. No big deal? I think it is because parents seem quite content that this is what the school is known for rather than tech prowess or a powerful critical thinking based culture and this is coming from a hyper-competitive person who loves sports. Try the same experiment, see if tech comes up in five minutes, let alone the first sentence. Of course this school enjoys way above average rankings. We live in a very affluent, highly educated 2 parent household community, but if we collectively stop patting ourselves on the back for a minute and realize that we are as a group mostly on 3rd base (no guilt) to begin with competing against those who can't get a base hit who are living in school districts where 1 parent households make food vs gas decisions every day, then we should be a little harder on ourselves. It is our responsibility to lay the tracks that lead our children on this astronomically fast moving train to their next location so that the next generation has a vital role when it comes to addressing tomorrow's problems and feeling that they have value in that world. This is based on the, “plant a tree today, knowing you yourself will never to enjoy the shade it provides personally” idea, only you are planting what you love more than anything in the world. Your children. I think this beautifully situated school underperforms miserably and frankly, it produces precisely what is demanded of it. Conversely, if this is the culture parents want, great, but then the school should have a competently run tech and real word based curriculum that is enthusiastically supported. Not a smiling, no worries, do just enough to pacify and redirect parent awareness strategy. 5 of the students would thrive if a more vigorous curriculum was offered 9th through 12th. Not forced, but offered, exposed to. Why is this group any less important? NO worries? Guess what... it’s ok to worry a little, and for the record, I think water polo is great for the fans and participants. Close Quote

by a student
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Laguna Beach High is really nice. the teachers are always trying to make sure each student is doing their best, and is very helpful when they are struggling behind. the kids are mostly pretty nice, but since Laguna is a very rich place, they all kinda show off in a way. lunch is average, same as many other schools but the prices are a little over the top. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Laguna Beach High	Public	9-12	625 Park Ave.	Laguna Beach	92651	Orange County	Laguna Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 497-7750	815	47	17.3	17.1%	594 (72.9%)	3 (0.4%)	92 (11.3%)	57 (7.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.2%)	94.9	93^rd of 2135 public high schools	95.6%		93.4	133^rd of 2162 public high schools	93.8%	40		68.3		68.3		82.9	82.9	60.4	60.4	$46,016	$45,064	$952
Aliso Niguel High	Public	9-12	28000 Wolverine Way	Aliso Viejo	92656	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 831-5590	2,563	109	23.5	33.1%	1,262 (49.2%)	23 (0.9%)	553 (21.6%)	444 (17.3%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	269 (10.5%)	92.4	147^th of 2135 public high schools	93.1%		92.9	149^th of 2162 public high schools	93.1%	2		65.2	45.5	64.8		79.2	79.2	53.9	53.9	$18,007	$17,020	$987
Laguna Hills High	Public	9-12	25401 Paseo de Valencia	Laguna Hills	92653	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 770-5447	1,317	62	21.3	58.5%	392 (29.8%)	13 (1.0%)	715 (54.3%)	106 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (6.2%)	54.2	941^st of 2135 public high schools	55.9%		64.3	703^rd of 2162 public high schools	67.5%	238		33.2		33.5		50.4	50.4	28.6	28.6	$20,055	$19,126	$929
Capistrano Valley High	Public	9-12	26301 Via Escolar	Mission Viejo	92692	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 364-6100	1,991	91	21.7	40.5%	894 (44.9%)	27 (1.4%)	621 (31.2%)	204 (10.2%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	233 (11.7%)	87.7	251^st of 2135 public high schools	88.2%		90.7	187^th of 2162 public high schools	91.4%	64		58.7		58.6		71.6	71.6	49.9	49.9	$18,521	$17,482	$1,039
Dana Hills High	Public	9-12	33333 Golden Lantern	Dana Point	92629	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 496-6666	1,725	80	21.5	42.0%	898 (52.1%)	11 (0.6%)	599 (34.7%)	68 (3.9%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	141 (8.2%)	77.3	463^rd of 2135 public high schools	78.3%		80.2	405^th of 2162 public high schools	81.3%	58		47.1	0.0	45.6		64.2	64.2	43.8	43.8	$19,845	$18,822	$1,023
Capistrano Union High	Public	9-12	31422 Camino Capistrano	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 489-7216	103	12	8.6	84.5%	22 (21.4%)	3 (2.9%)	75 (72.8%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	7.6	2073^rd of 2135 public high schools	2.9%		16.5	1756^th of 2162 public high schools	18.8%	317		0.0		2.6		11.6	11.6	0.0	0.0	$58,764	$54,874	$3,890
OCASA College Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	31522 El Camino Real	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	OCASA College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 269-3290	83	7	11.9	33.7%	42 (50.6%)	1 (1.2%)	28 (33.7%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.8%)								(n/a)										$61,731	$55,474	$6,257
Bridges Community Day	Public	6-12	31576 El Camino Real	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5302	12	3	3.7	25.0%	6 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)								(n/a)										$70,836	$69,828	$1,008
Mission Viejo High	Public	9-12	25025 Chrisanta Dr.	Mission Viejo	92691	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 837-7722	1,566	71	22.1	40.9%	753 (48.1%)	30 (1.9%)	526 (33.6%)	132 (8.4%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	116 (7.4%)	84.8	300^th of 2135 public high schools	85.9%		86	285^th of 2162 public high schools	86.8%	15		56.6		55.6		65.0	65.0	50.7	50.7	$19,842	$18,914	$928
California Preparatory Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	32972 Calle Perfecto	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(949) 234-5317	198	9	22.9	22.7%	139 (70.2%)	2 (1.0%)	25 (12.6%)	6 (3.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (11.6%)	84.2	313^th of 2135 public high schools	85.3%		74.4	501^st of 2162 public high schools	76.8%	188		51.3		52.0		68.3	68.3	50.9	50.9	$23,965	$23,178	$787

Frequently Asked Questions about Laguna Beach High

Is Laguna Beach High a good school?

Yes! Laguna Beach High is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 93^rd of 2135 California high schools.

What schools feed into Laguna Beach High?

Laguna Beach High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : El Morro Elementary
Elementary : Top of the World Elementary
Middle : Thurston Middle

How many students attend Laguna Beach High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 815 students attended Laguna Beach High.

What is the racial makeup of Laguna Beach High?

Students at Laguna Beach High are 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

What district is Laguna Beach High in?

Laguna Beach Unified

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