La Quinta High School - Westminster, California/CA

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La Quinta High School

10372 Mcfadden St., Westminster, CA, 92683-7098 -

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Definition of Terms

La Quinta High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1762 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

65 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 463 students

Grade 10 - 457 students

Grade 11 - 435 students

Grade 12 - 407 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:27

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	3%
% Asian	70%	8%
% Hispanic	18%	39%
% Black	n/a	9%
% White	11%	36%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

47%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

15%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

View Education Department Test Scores

School District Name

Garden Grove Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	67	7
Number of Students Managed	50,000 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$392,249,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$384,736,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,845	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$7,695	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

School Teacher Allegedly Forced to Quit (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:14:06 am
A popular teacher at La Quinta High School was allegedly bullied and forced to quit by the school's administration, according to students, parents, and alumni. They showed up in force at a school board meeting to lend him their support. Watch Al Naipo's video report inside the story.
Stewart an emerging star for Rockies (Major League Baseball)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 08:50:33 am
Stewart an emerging star for Rockies
Corona gets Wise coach (The Press-Enterprise)
posted on September 16, 2009 at 06:13:13 am
New Corona High School baseball coach Andy Wise, 38, said he's not so much going to bring his own style of ball to the Panthers, but is going to try to duplicate what he was taught as a player at Santa Ana College and Long Beach State. "I'm not going to be trying to re-create the wheel," Wise said.
Garden Grove football player collapses during game and dies (Los Angeles Times)
posted on September 13, 2009 at 07:10:08 am
Friends and relatives mourn the death of Kevin Telles, 17, who fell Friday night during a game against Westminster. Autopsy results have not been released pending toxicology tests. There were two minutes left in Friday night's football game between Garden Grove and host Westminster High School.
Garden Grove High Football Player Dies (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
posted on September 13, 2009 at 04:55:05 am
Garden Grove High School football player Kevin Telles died from injuries suffered in a Friday night game against Westminster High School.

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La Quinta 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. It currently has the highest API score of all the high schools in Garden Grove Unified School District, and 8th in Orange County (a score of 865 in 2009), as well as a high percentage of students attending college. It was founded in 1963, and recently celebrated its 45th anniversary. Its mascot is an Aztec. La Quinta's current principal is Louise Milner. The assistant principals are Tom Duggan, Erin Lara, and Chris Cumberland.
The structure of the school is divided into three main buildings. The 200 building to the east specializes in world languages, social sciences, english, business, and special education. The 300 building to the west features classes in the science, mathematics and fine arts. The 400 building to the south houses weight rooms and classrooms for miscellaneous subjects, such as health/drivers ed and computer graphics. The 500 buildings, which are three portable rooms to the south of the 400 building, house three social science classrooms. Students must crisscross back and forth across the intervening space between buildings, known as the quad. The student store, which is located in the 200 building facing the quad, is the center of the schools activities.
There are two primary parking lots, the junior parking lot and senior parking lot. The senior lot is reserved for seniors only who have a permit, whereas the junior parking lot encompasses mainly underclassmen students. The fields south and west of the main campus has courts for sports such as basketball, soccer, track and field, tennis, football, softball, and baseball.
Student Body
There are about 1,925 students, grades 9th-12th, who reside in Westminster, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, and Santa Ana.La Quinta’s student population is very diverse; 70% of the students are Asian, 21% Hispanic, and 9% are Caucasian, representing approximately 26 different home languages. In the past seven years, La Quinta has produced 23 National Merit Finalists, more than any high school in our surrounding area. The class of 2006 sent approximately 90% of its graduates to higher education; 25% to four-year colleges and 65% to two-year colleges.
Academics
La Quinta High School offers many Advanced Placement classes. AP classes, if mastered, will give students college credit in that course. Mastery is determined by a score on the AP tests given in May. A score of 3, 4, or 5 allows the student to gain college credit. La Quinta offers the following AP classes: English Literature, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Physics B, Physics C, Biology, Chemistry, Spanish, European History, US History, Economics, and Civics.
Electives
La Quinta has two elective departments: Fine Arts and Business. Fine arts students win numerous awards each year for their projects. La Quinta also has the largest Business department in the district; it offers classes to obtain either an Accounting Certificate or Business Ownership Certificate as a supplement to college applications or resumes.
Sports
La Quinta High School offers many sports for students to participate. It also participates in most of the district's sports. La Quinta has won many league championships for the past couple decades in sports such as boys and girls tennis. They currently hold the California state record for the most consecutive league championships in baseball. The Badminton team is one of the top in the county. In 2009, two athletes were named to the All CIF first team: Michael Hill (baseball) and Adrianna Cardoza (Softball). Listed below are some of the sports offered.
swimming (coed)
soccer (boys and girls)
baseball
tennis (boys and girls)
water polo (boys and girls)
basketball (boys and girls)
football
cross country (coed)
track and field (coed)
softball
badminton (coed)
volleyball (boys and girls)
cheerleading
Notable alumni
Brent Kutzle, American musician best known for playing the bass guitar and cello for the band One Republic
Bobby Crosby, shortstop for the MLB Oakland Athletics
Gerald Laird, catcher for the MLB Detroit Tigers
Ian Kennedy, pitcher for the New York Yankees of the American League
Ian Stewart, Third Baseman for the MLB Colorado Rockies
Park Joon Hyung(Class of 1987). South Korean singer/rapper and a former member of defunct group, g.o.d. Will portray Yamcha in the upcoming Dragonball film.
External links
Official site of school
School Report Card
Garden Grove Unified School District
Orange County Department of Education
La Quinta High School API Score
County Schools API Scores
Rate my Teacher
CIF Southern Section

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