Summary:
Zip code 92886 has one listed high school, Yorba Linda High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,631 students. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grades proficiency rates were higher than both Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified and California in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. Its clearest overall strength is ELA, where 79% of students were proficient—29 percentage points above the state.
Because it is the only school listed, Yorba Linda High is technically both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the area; that is not a meaningful comparison between schools. The useful picture is how it compares with district and state results: all-grades proficiency was 79% in ELA, 65% in mathematics, and 61% in science, compared with 67%, 57%, and 52% districtwide. The school’s advantages over the state were 29 points in ELA, 26 in mathematics, and 25 in science. In 11th grade, mathematics stands out most relative to the state, with a 33-point advantage; the school was 21 points ahead in ELA and 23 in science.
Scores improved in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: by 3 percentage points in ELA, 10 in mathematics, and 7 in science. The school also gained ground on the state, with its advantage growing by 2 points in ELA, 9 in mathematics, and 3 in science. SchoolDigger ranked the school 129th of 2,137 schools in 2025–26, at the 94th percentile with 5 stars, up from 219th of 2,159, the 90th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24. Other reported outcomes include a 99% graduation rate and a dropout rate of about 0%, while chronic absenteeism was 15%—below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 14%. Context for families: the student–teacher ratio was 25.5 in 2024–25, and 28% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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