NCES CCD 2024-25 32 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Huntington Beach, CA

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32 public K-12 schools in Huntington Beach from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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32
Schools
22,266
Students
36.2/100
Avg Resource Index
22.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large, fragmented school market

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Huntington Beach has more public-school enrollment than 94% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Huntington Beach is among the largest city school systems in this directory by enrollment, but its campuses are divided among 7 districts. That combination matters: citywide averages blend separate budgets, staffing policies, attendance boundaries, and program rules. For a family comparing schools here, the district column is as important as the city average; two nearby campuses may answer to different boards and draw on different F-33 funding pools.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

20 of Huntington Beach's 32 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 7 middle and 5 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Village View Elementary and Huntington Beach High shows the range hidden by Huntington Beach's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 6%
School count
Top 7%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Huntington Beach school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Huntington Beach school enrollment ranges from 158 students (lowest) to 2,645 students (highest), a spread of 2,487 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Huntington Beach operates 7 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Huntington Beach student-teacher ratio is 22.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Village View Elementary 49
2. Coast High 48
3. Circle View Elementary 47
4. Harbour View Elementary 46
5. Newland (William T.) Elementary 44
6. Kinetic Academy 43
7. Mesa View Middle 42
8. Hope View Elementary 41
9. S. a. Moffett Elementary 41
10. College View Elementary 40
11. Schroeder Elementary 39
12. Marine View Middle 38
13. Ralph E. Hawes Elementary 38
14. Huntington Seacliff Elementary 38
15. Helen Stacey Middle 37
16. Spring View Middle 37
17. Isaac L. Sowers Middle 36
18. Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle 36
19. John R. Peterson Elementary 36
20. Edison High 35
21. John H. Eader Elementary 35
22. Lake View Elementary 33
23. Oak View Elementary 32
24. Ada Clegg Elementary 32
25. Golden View Elementary 32
26. Oka (Isojiro) Elementary 31
27. Ocean View High 29
28. Marina High 28
29. Agnes L. Smith Elementary 28
30. Ethel Dwyer Middle 26
31. Sycamore Creek Community Charter 24
32. Huntington Beach High 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Huntington Beach

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Schroeder Elementary 73.3/100
  2. 2 Circle View Elementary 71.8/100
  3. 3 Mesa View Middle 71.5/100
  4. 4 Huntington Seacliff Elementary 71.0/100
  5. 5 Marina High 70.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Huntington Beach?

Which Huntington Beach school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Village View Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Huntington Beach schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Huntington Beach, CA? ▼

Huntington Beach has 32 public schools with a total enrollment of 22,266 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.