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George Key → Parkview → El Camino Real Continuation High → Advanced Learning Academy → Hillview High (Continuation) → Richland Continuation High → Mark Twain Special Center → OCCS:CHEP/PCHS →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Canyon Hills compares for families
What families should know about Canyon Hills.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: George Key, Parkview, El Camino Real Continuation High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 109 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Key Placentia |
Public | 5.4 | 101 | -4.7% |
| Parkview Placentia |
Public | 5.8 | 109 | +12.4% |
| El Camino Real Continuation High Placentia |
Public | 3.2 | 142 | -12.9% |
| Advanced Learning Academy Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 7.1 | 142 | -7.8% |
| Hillview High (Continuation) Tustin |
Public | 7.8 | 142 | -28.3% |
| Richland Continuation High Orange |
Public | 5.2 | 165 | -12.7% |
| Mark Twain Special Center Garden Grove |
Public | 9.3 | 79 | — |
| OCCS:CHEP/PCHS Tustin |
Public | 8.8 | 156 | -33.0% |
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