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Buena Park High
8833 Academy Drive
Buena Park, CA 90621


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  • School Type: High School
  • District: Fullerton Joint Union High
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: 8
  • Acheived API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 742
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: 9-12
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 36%
  • English learners: 33%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 27%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 73%
  • Special education within past two years: 11%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.18
(based on the 82% who responded)
Graduate School
 3%
College Graduate
 11%
Some College
 19%
High School
Graduate
 35%
Not a High School
Graduate
 32%

State Rank: 5 out of 101
API Score:
(2010)
7372
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 75%
Asian
 7%
White
 7%
Two or More
 4%
African American
 3%
Filipino
 2%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 90621:

Related Schools:
Buena Park High rank: 5 in Buena Park
Fullerton Union High rank: 8 in Fullerton
La Habra High rank: 8 in La Habra
Alternative La Sierra High rank: A in Fullerton
Continuation La Vista High rank: A in Fullerton
Sonora High rank: 8 in La Habra
Sunny Hills High rank: 10 in Fullerton
Troy High rank: 10 in Fullerton

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2010 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2010.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)