Impact of COVID-19 on Portola High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 122nd of 2133 High schools | Ranks 76th of 2335 High schools | 2.5% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Portola High) | 73.7 | 81.9 | 8.2% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Irvine Unified) | 76.2 | 77.1 | 0.9% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 55.4 | 1.9% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Portola High) | 69.7 | 68.2 | 1.5% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Irvine Unified) | 70.7 | 66.1 | 4.6% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27.4 | 4.9% |
11th Grade Science (Portola High) | 59.9 | 58.8 | 1% |
11th Grade Science (Irvine Unified) | 66.5 | 61.9 | 4.7% |
11th Grade Science (California) | 30.4 | 31.7 | 1.3% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 1382 | 2293 | 65.9% |
African American | 25 | 36 | 44% |
American Indian | 1 | 1 | |
Asian | 864 | 1394 | 61.3% |
Hispanic | 114 | 228 | 100% |
Pacific Islander | 8 | 10 | 25% |
White | 304 | 421 | 38.5% |
Two or More Races | 66 | 191 | 189.4% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 18.6% | 16.4% | 2.2% |