Pacifica High School

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6851 Lampson Ave.

Garden Grove, CA 92845
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Pacifica High School serves 1,773 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 24:1 is equal to the CA average of 24:1.
Minority enrollment is 58% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 76%.
Pacifica High School operates within the Garden Grove Unified School District.
Garden Grove Unified School District's 85% graduation rate is higher than the CA state average of 83%.

School Overview

The student population of 1773 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 75 teachers has grown by 8% over five years.

Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	1,773 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	75 teachers

Students by Grade

School Comparison

The student:teacher ratio of 24:1 has decreased from 26:1 over five years.
The school's diversity scoreThe chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body. of 0.68 is more than the state average of 0.64. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(CA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	24:1	24:1

American Indian	n/a	1%

Asian	25%	11%

Hispanic	30%	54%

Black	1%	6%

White	42%	24%

Hawaiian	1%	1%

Two or more races	1%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.68	0.64

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	27%	50%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	10%	9%

District Comparison

Garden Grove Unified School District's student population of 46,177 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 85% has decreased from 99% over five years.
The revenue/student of $10,802 in this district is less than the state average of $12,988. The district revenue/student has grown by 14% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $11,660 is less than the state average of $12,986. The district spending/student has grown by 24% over four years.

School District Name	Garden Grove Unified School District
Number of Schools Managed	67	4
Number of Students Managed	46,177	1,597

Graduation Rate	85%	83%

District Total Revenue	$507 MM	$21 MM

District Spending	$547 MM	$21 MM

District Revenue / Student	$10,802	$12,988

District Spending / Student	$11,660	$12,986

School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, CA Dept. of Education

School Notes

Pacifica High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. It first opened on September 5, 1965, on the site of an old pig farm.
Athletics: Pacifica's sports teams are called the Mariners, and compete in Empire League of theCalifornia Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. Prior to 2006, they competed in the Garden Grove League with the other schools in the GGUSD. Pacifica's softball team is regularly among the nation's elite, and won the national championship in 1997. The Pacifica Marching Band Drumline in 2006 took the WGI National gold medal in the PSO division (along with numerous first place finishes all over Southern California). Pacificas J.V cheer team, 2005-2006, won USA Spirit Nationals in their division. They competed against the top five teams in their division and won first place.
Notable alumni: Tommy Sandt, former 2nd baseman Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Norm Johnson, former National Football League kicker.
Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist for the band, The Offspring, and valedictorian of the Class of 1984.
Kevin Wasserman, lead guitarist of The Offspring.
Greg Kriesel, bassist for The Offspring Amanda Freed, member of the gold medal-winning 2004 U.S. Olympic Softball team.
Daniel Barber, former professional soccer player, indoors and with MLS's MetroStars.
Jodie Legaspi, UCLA softball star and member of U.S. national team.
Rob Weil, former coach of Pacifica's national championship softball team. Was All-CIF goalkeeper for Pacifica's CIF Southern Section 2-A boys' soccer championship team in 1980.
Monique Powell, musician.