List of high schools in Orange County, California
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This is a list of high schools in Orange County, California
. It includes public and private schools and is arranged by school district (public schools) or affiliation (private schools).
Anaheim Union High School District
Brea Olinda Unified School District
Capistrano Unified School District
Fullerton Joint Union High School District
Garden Grove Unified School District
Huntington Beach Union High School District
Irvine Unified School District
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Orange Unified School District
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Santa Ana Unified School District
Tustin Unified School District
Hebrew Academy
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. It includes public and private schools and is arranged by school district (public schools) or affiliation (private schools).
Anaheim Union High School DistrictAnaheim Union High School DistrictThe Anaheim Union High School District is a public school district serving portions of the Orange County cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, and Stanton. It oversees eight junior high schools , eight high schools , and one non-magnet, secondary selective school, Oxford Academy . Its...
- Anaheim High SchoolAnaheim High SchoolAnaheim High School is a public, four-year high school in the city of Anaheim, California, United States. Anaheim High School was first established in 1898, which makes it the oldest of nine comprehensive high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District...
, Anaheim - Cypress High SchoolCypress High SchoolCypress High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school in Cypress, California, and is one of eight high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. The school is located in north Orange County. It was established in 1973. On April 17, 2007 Cypress High School was officially honored...
, Cypress - Katella High SchoolKatella High SchoolKatella High School is a public high school in Anaheim, California and is part of the Anaheim Union High School District. It serves 2,700 students in grades nine through twelve...
, Anaheim - John F. Kennedy High School, La Palma
- Loara High SchoolLoara High SchoolLoara High School is a public, four year International Baccalaureate American high school in the Anaheim Union High School District, located in the city of Anaheim in Orange County, California. The campus consists of 2,578 students and 111 certificated staff. As of 2008 the student to teacher...
, Anaheim - Magnolia High SchoolMagnolia High School (California)Magnolia High School is a public high school in Anaheim, California and is part of the Anaheim Union High School District. It serves approx. 1,763 students in grades nine through twelve. 71 percent of its students are Hispanic, 16 percent Asian, 11 percent Caucasian and 3 percent Black...
, Anaheim - Oxford Academy, Cypress
- Savanna High SchoolSavanna High SchoolSavanna High School is a high school in the Anaheim Union High School District , located in the city of Anaheim in Orange County, California, of the United States. Savanna was established in 1961 and is one of eight comprehensive high schools within the district...
, Anaheim - Western High SchoolWestern High School (California)Western High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Anaheim, California, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is one of ten high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. It is located in north Orange County and primarily serves middle income students. It was...
, Anaheim
Brea Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea Olinda Unified School DistrictBrea Olinda Unified School District is the school district serving the City of Brea in Orange County, California, United States. It also serves portions of the nearby cities of Fullerton, Yorba Linda and La Habra.The school district consists of:...
- Brea Canyon Alternative High School, Brea
- Brea Olinda High SchoolBrea Olinda High SchoolBrea Olinda High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Brea, California. Established in 1927, the school was originally located across the street from the Brea Mall in what has become the Brea Marketplace. In 1989, the school moved to its current location on the north end...
, Brea
Capistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified School DistrictCapistrano Unified School District is the second largest school district in Orange County, California, the 12th largest in California and the 82nd largest in the United States. The district currently has 51,512 students...
- Aliso Niguel High SchoolAliso Niguel High SchoolAliso Niguel High School is a high school located in the city of Aliso Viejo, California, U.S. Most of its students reside in the communities of Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel. The school is a California Distinguished School, a National Blue Ribbon School, and a New American High School...
, Aliso Viejo - Capistrano Valley High SchoolCapistrano valley high schoolCapistrano Valley High School is a public high school at the southern border of Mission Viejo, California that belongs to the Capistrano Unified School District. It is set on a hilltop overlooking the I-5 freeway corridor and Saddleback Mountain. It is located on Via Escolar, off the Avery exit of...
, Mission Viejo - Dana Hills High SchoolDana Hills High SchoolDana Hills High School is a high school in Dana Point, California. It is one of the oldest high schools in South Orange County, having opened in 1973...
, Dana Point - San Clemente High School, San Clemente
- San Juan Hills High SchoolSan Juan Hills High SchoolSan Juan Hills High School is a high school located in San Juan Capistrano, California, and it is the sixth high school of the Capistrano Unified School District...
, San Juan Capistrano - Tesoro High SchoolTesoro High SchoolTesoro High School is a public school found in the southern Orange County area of Las Flores, California. Established in the fall of 2001, Tesoro is 1 of 7 high schools in the Capistrano Unified School District. As of the 2009-2010 year, Tesoro serves nearly 3,000 students in grades 9-12...
, Rancho Santa Margarita
Fullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton Joint Union High School DistrictFullerton Joint Union High School District , founded in 1893 is a school district in Orange County, California that serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes the cities of Fullerton, La Habra and Buena Park...
- Buena Park High SchoolBuena Park High SchoolBuena Park High School is a high school located at 8833 Academy Drive in Buena Park, Orange County, California, USA.-History:Buena Park High School opened its doors with 508 students on September 11, 1956, as the third school in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District...
, Buena Park - Fullerton High School, Fullerton
- La Habra High SchoolLa Habra High SchoolLa Habra High School is a public co-educational high school located in the Orange County, California city of La Habra. Located between the Coyote Hills to the south and Puente Hills to the north, LHHS opened in 1954 and graduated its first class in 1956. It is a California Distinguished High School...
, La Habra - La Vista High School (continuation)La Vista High SchoolLa Vista High School is a continuation high school located in Fullerton, California. As such, it is a high school for 16- to 18-year-old Fullerton Joint Union High School District students who, in most cases, have not made satisfactory progress toward graduation at one of the comprehensive high...
, Fullerton - Sonora High SchoolSonora High SchoolSonora High School is a public high school located at 401 S. Palm Street in La Habra, north Orange County, California. One of seven high schools in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Sonora served over 2,100 students in the 2009-2010 school year...
, La Habra - Sunny Hills High SchoolSunny Hills High SchoolSunny Hills High School is a public high school located in Fullerton, California, USA. Established in 1959, it is part of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District....
, Fullerton - Troy High SchoolTroy High School (California)Troy High School is a public magnet school situated in Fullerton, California, USA, acclaimed for its Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs. It is located in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District...
, Fullerton
Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGarden Grove Unified School DistrictThe Garden Grove Unified School District is the third largest school district in Orange County, and the twelfth largest in the State of California...
- Bolsa Grande High SchoolBolsa Grande High SchoolBolsa Grande High School is a public high school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in southern California. The school opened September 28, 1959.-Academics:...
, Garden Grove - Garden Grove High SchoolGarden Grove High SchoolGarden Grove High School is located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District.- Overview :The Garden Grove Union High School District was established in 1921 in response to attempts by neighboring school districts to annex the Garden Grove area. GGHS...
, Garden Grove - La Quinta High SchoolLa Quinta High School (Westminster, California)La Quinta High School a public high school located in Westminster, Orange County, California, is one of seven high-schools of the Garden Grove Unified School District—recipient of the 2004 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education...
, Westminster - Los Amigos High SchoolLos Amigos High SchoolLos Amigos High School, located in Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, is one of seven high-schools of the Garden Grove Unified School District - recipient of the 2004 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education. Los Amigos High School is located at the southeast corner of Newhope St. and...
, Fountain Valley - Pacifica High SchoolPacifica High School, Garden Grove, CaliforniaPacifica High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. Pacifica High School first opened its doors in 1965, and since then Pacifica has enrolled more than two thousand students each year...
, Garden Grove - Rancho Alamitos High SchoolRancho Alamitos High SchoolRancho Alamitos High School is located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District.This high school first opened in the spring of 1957 with no senior class. The first graduating class was in 1958. The school colors are green and gold...
, Garden Grove - Santiago High School, Garden Grove
Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictHuntington Beach Union High School DistrictThe Huntington Beach Union High School District is a public school district serving portions of the Orange County cities of Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, and Westminster. It oversees eleven sites, offering courses for students in grades 9-12. The union high school district also offers courses...
- Edison High SchoolEdison High School, Huntington BeachEdison High School is a secondary school located in Huntington Beach, California which first began operation in 1969. It is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District.-History:...
, Huntington Beach - Fountain Valley High SchoolFountain Valley High SchoolFountain Valley High School is a public high school located in Fountain Valley, California. It was established in 1966 and is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District...
, Fountain Valley - Huntington Beach High SchoolHuntington Beach High SchoolHuntington Beach High School is a public high school in Huntington Beach, California. Opened in 1906, it is part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. HBHS is a California Distinguished School...
, Huntington Beach - Marina High SchoolMarina High SchoolMarina High School is a secondary school located in the northwest corner of Huntington Beach, California which first began operating in 1963. Marina is part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District, which includes several other area high schools. The school is located on Springdale Street...
, Huntington Beach - Ocean View High SchoolOcean View High SchoolOcean View High School is located in Huntington Beach, California. OVHS was established in 1976 whose mascot is the Seahawks. Currently, there are approximately 1,600 enrolled students.-International Baccalaureate Magnet School:...
, Huntington Beach - Westminster High SchoolWestminster High School (Westminster, California)Westminster High School is a public secondary school located in Westminster, California. It is part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District.-Overview:The school's name and traditions are derived from Westminster Abbey in London, England...
, Huntington Beach
Irvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified School DistrictIrvine Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California that serves the city of Irvine. Established on June 6, 1972, IUSD serves approximately 28,000 K-12 students at 22 elementary schools, five middle schools, four comprehensive high schools and one continuation high...
- Irvine High School, Irvine
- Northwood High School, Irvine
- University High School, Irvine
- Woodbridge High SchoolWoodbridge High School (Irvine, California)Woodbridge High School is a public high school located in Irvine, California, serving grades 9-12. Founded in 1980, it has an approximate enrollment of 2,200 students. Woodbridge has many athletic teams which have participated in numerous competitions...
, Irvine
Newport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified School DistrictNewport-Mesa Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California, United States, that mainly serves the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. The district was founded on July 1, 1966...
- Corona del Mar High SchoolCorona del Mar High SchoolCorona del Mar High School is a school located in the East Bluff neighborhood of Newport Beach, California, and belongs to the Newport Mesa Unified School District...
, Newport Beach - Costa Mesa High SchoolCosta Mesa High SchoolCosta Mesa High School, otherwise known as CMHS or "Mesa," is a public middle school / high school for grades 7 through 12 located in Costa Mesa, California. It is part of the Newport Mesa Unified School District and is located at 2650 Fairview Road. The school's rival is Estancia High School...
, Costa Mesa - Estancia High SchoolEstancia High SchoolEstancia High School is a public high school in Costa Mesa, California.Estancia is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Orange County and is located at 2323 Placentia Avenue.-Sports:...
, Costa Mesa - Newport Harbor High SchoolNewport Harbor High SchoolNewport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach, in Orange County, California, in the United States. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.-History:...
, Newport Beach - Orange Coast Middle College High, Costa Mesa
Orange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified School DistrictOrange Unified School District is a public school district headquartered in Orange, California.Orange USD serves the cities of Orange and Villa Park, the unincorporated land of Silverado, and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and an unpopulated area of Yorba Linda...
- Canyon High SchoolCanyon High School (Anaheim, California)Canyon High School is a traditional four-year high school located in the Anaheim Hills community in the city of Anaheim, California and is an International Baccalaureate school. It is located on of land on Imperial Highway between the cross streets of Santa Ana Canyon Road and Nohl Ranch Road, and...
, Anaheim - El Modena High SchoolEl Modena High SchoolEl Modena High School, also known as called El Mo , is a traditional 4 year public high school located in the El Modena neighborhood in the eastern portion of the city of Orange in Orange County, California....
, Orange - Orange High SchoolOrange High School (California)Orange High School is a traditional 4 year public high school located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, United States. Orange High is part of the Orange Unified School District and competes in the Golden West League....
, Orange - Villa Park High SchoolVilla Park High SchoolVilla Park High School is a suburban public high school in Villa Park, California. The school was built in 1964 and is one of four comprehensive high schools in the Orange Unified School District. The campus serves students residing in Villa Park and portions of the cities of Orange and...
, Villa Park
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictPlacentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictThe Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District is a public school district that serves Placentia, Yorba Linda and parts of Anaheim, Brea, and Fullerton located in Orange County, California. The school district covers and employs 2,500 people...
- El Camino High School (Continuation), Placentia
- El Dorado High SchoolEl Dorado High SchoolEl Dorado High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Placentia, California. Established in 1966, it is one of four high schools in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District...
, Placentia - Esperanza High SchoolEsperanza High SchoolEsperanza High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District....
, Anaheim - Valencia High SchoolValencia High SchoolValencia High School may refer to:*Valencia High School , a public high school in Placentia, California*Valencia High School , a public high school in Santa Clarita, California...
, Placentia - Yorba Linda High SchoolYorba Linda High SchoolYorba Linda High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Yorba Linda, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District....
, Yorba Linda
Saddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified School DistrictSaddleback Valley Unified School District is a public school district in South Orange County, California. It includes 26 elementary schools, four intermediate schools and four comprehensive high schools.-High schools:*El Toro High School...
- El Toro High SchoolEl Toro High SchoolEl Toro High School is a public high school in Lake Forest, California, United States and is one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District . The school has served the area since 1973. The current principal of the school is Dr...
, Lake Forest - Laguna Hills High SchoolLaguna Hills High SchoolLaguna Hills High School is a public high school located in Laguna Hills, California which serves the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has the smallest student enrollment of the district’s four schools at approximately 1,700 students. The mascot for Laguna Hills is the Hawk,...
, Laguna Hills - Mission Viejo High SchoolMission Viejo High SchoolMission Viejo High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, United States, as part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has served the area since 1966. Students within its attendance boundaries live in western Mission...
, Mission Viejo - Silverado High School, Mission Viejo
- Trabuco Hills High SchoolTrabuco Hills High SchoolTrabuco Hills High School is a high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States. It is the largest school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District in terms of attendance, with over 3,400 students enrolled as of the 2010-2011 school year....
, Mission Viejo
Santa Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California that serves the city of Santa Ana. Although its geographic size is only , it is the sixth largest school district in the state of California with approximately 58,000 students...
- Albor Charter School, Santa Ana
- Century High SchoolCentury High School (Santa Ana, California)Century High School is located in Santa Ana, California. It is one of the smallest campuses in Orange County, built to house 1500 students.It was built in 1989. Its mascot is the Centurion, and the school colors are blue, silver, and green....
, Santa Ana - Godinez Fundamental High SchoolGodinez Fundamental High SchoolHector G. Godinez Fundamental High School is a public high school in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District. The school opened in 2007.Godinez is a fundamental high school not just a public school....
, Santa Ana - Middle College High School, Santa Ana
- Orange County High School of the ArtsOrange County High School of the ArtsOrange County High School of the Arts , colloquially called "OH-sha", is a 7th–12th grade public charter school located in downtown Santa Ana, Orange County, California. The school caters to middle and high school students with talents in the performing, visual and literary arts...
, Santa Ana - Saddleback High SchoolSaddleback High SchoolSaddleback High School is a four year secondary school located in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District . The school mascot is the roadrunner. The school principal is Dr. Robert Laxton, who has served in that capacity since 2007...
, Santa Ana - Santa Ana High SchoolSanta Ana High SchoolSanta Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889.-Notable alumni:*Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five*Gerald P...
, Santa Ana - Segerstrom High School, Santa Ana
- Valley High SchoolValley High School (Santa Ana)Valley High School, more commonly referred to Santa Ana Valley High School is located at 1801 S. Greenville St. in Santa Ana, CA 92704. Valley High was built in 1959 and recently celebrated it's 50th year anniversary in 2009.-Background:...
, Santa Ana
Tustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified School DistrictTustin Unified School District was created from the 1972 voter-approved unification of the Tustin Elementary School District and the Tustin Union High School District. It is located in Tustin, a city in Orange County, California, USA. Its district territory comprises the cities of Tustin, North...
- Arnold O. Beckman High SchoolArnold O. Beckman High SchoolArnold O. Beckman High School is a mid-sized public school in Irvine, California, serving grades 9 through 12. The $69-million facility was opened on August 30, 2004. It was named after Arnold O. Beckman, a scientist, chemist, and philanthropist. The school is in the Tustin Unified School District...
, Irvine - Foothill High School (Tustin), North Tustin
- Hillview High SchoolHillview High SchoolHillview High School is a public English medium co-ed high school located in Roseville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.-Location:The school was founded in 1955 on the site of the former Prinshof Primary School near the city centre. The school moved from the city centre to Franzina Street in...
, North Tustin - Tustin High SchoolTustin High SchoolTustin High School is a public high school located in Tustin, California, United States. Tustin High was originally founded in 1921 as Tustin Union High School.Tustin High School is officially a Title I school and was a California Distinguished School...
, Tustin
Christian
- Brethren Christian Junior/Senior High SchoolBrethren Christian Junior/Senior High SchoolBrethren Christian is a private Christian high school located at Huntington Beach, California. It is situated on a site leased from the Huntington Beach School District, formerly the site of Gisler Middle School...
, Huntington Beach - Capistrano Valley Christian Schools, San Juan Capistrano
- Calvary Chapel High School, Santa Ana
- Crystal Cathedral High School, Garden Grove
- Whittier Christian High SchoolWhittier Christian High SchoolWhittier Christian High School is a non-profit, non-denominational, Christian high school located in La Habra, California. It was founded in 1958. The high school has recently built a new gymnasium dubbed the Leon Davis Event Center, after the school spirited worker Leon Davis. The school has...
, La Habra - Orange Lutheran High School, Orange
- Crean Lutheran South High School, Irvine
Jewish
Tarbut V' Torah Community Day SchoolTarbut V' Torah
Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School is a Jewish Community Day School located in Irvine, California. The school is divided into two separate sections: the Lower School serves grades K-5 and the Upper School serves 6-12. Both schools are located on its campus that was generously donated by the...
Hebrew Academy
Nonsectarian
- Alton School, Cypress
- Eldorado-Emerson, Orange
- Fairmont Preparatory AcademyFairmont Preparatory AcademyFairmont Preparatory Academy is a high school located in Anaheim, California. Founded in 1953, Fairmont Private Schools is the largest and oldest non-sectarian private school in Orange County...
, Anaheim - Florence Crittenton School, Fullerton
- Halstrom High School, Mission Viejo
- Prentice SchoolPrentice SchoolThe Prentice School, founded in 1986, is an independent, nonprofit, coeducational day school for children with language-based learning differences, serving students in pre-kindergarten through High School.-History:...
, Santa Ana - Sage Hill SchoolSage Hill SchoolSage Hill School is a private independent co-educational college preparatory school for day students in grades 9-12. The school was founded in 1999, the first year it filed a Form 990 with the IRS. According to its 2000 Private School Affidavit filed with the state of California, it opened in...
, Newport Beach - Silverleaf Academy, Mission Viejo
See also
- List of high schools in Los Angeles County, California
- List of high schools in San Diego County, California
- List of high schools in California
- List of school districts in Orange County, California
- List of closed secondary schools in California
External links
- List of high schools in Orange County, California from SchoolTree.org