Summary:
High schools in zip code 92869 are represented by one school, El Modena High, which serves grades 9–12, enrolls 1,795 students, and is part of Orange Unified. With no other high school in the list, there is no within-area school comparison. The most important finding is a sharp difference by subject: the school is above the state in English and science, but well below it in math.
El Modena High stands out positively in graduation and in ELA and science, while math and attendance are the clearest concerns. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency was 61% versus 49% statewide, and science was 48% versus 36%—about 12 points higher in each subject. Math proficiency was 25%, 13 points below the state and 22 points below the district’s 47%. Graduation was 99%, compared with 88% statewide, while dropout was 1% versus 8%. Chronic absenteeism, however, was 21%, higher than both the state’s 18% and the district’s 15%.
All three test scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA and math each increased by about 1 point, and science by 3 points. But the comparison with the state shifted differently: the ELA lead widened slightly, from 11.6 to 11.9 points; the math deficit widened from 12.7 to 12.9 points; and the science lead narrowed from 12.2 to 12.1 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking fell from the 77th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 68th in 2025–2026, a drop of 9 percentile points, even as recent scores increased. For context, the school’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 21.4, and 69% of students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch (FRL) that year; these are context measures, not explanations for results.
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