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Portola High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1001 Cadence
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone
(949) 936-8200
District
Irvine Unified
County
ORANGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2293
Classroom Teachers
83

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.0% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Portola High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
75%
41%
81%
55%
68%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

40 30 20 10 0
28
26
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 629 27.4%
Grade 10 591 25.8%
Grade 11 591 25.8%
Grade 12 482 21.0%
Total 2293 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 20.1% 26.5% 23.2%
Black 1.7% 2.3% 5.1%
Hispanic 10.9% 13.8% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 66.7% 56.9% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 16.4% 19.5% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 15.4% 18.7% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 0.8% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 270,947 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,460.6 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.7% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 10.8% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 96,310 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.2% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 70.0% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 42.6% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.3% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.7% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.9% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 9.2% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,109 $259,793,000 45.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $910 $33,239,000 5.8%
Staff $834 $30,460,000 5.3%
General Administration $49 $1,791,000 0.3%
School Administration $764 $27,918,000 4.9%
Operation $2,474 $90,391,000 15.8%
Transportation $140 $5,134,000 0.9%
Other $290 $10,600,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,460 $199,533,000 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,100 $113,262,000 19.8%
Total Expenditures $15,669 $572,588,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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