# Polaris High

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060263008115`
- **School name**: Polaris High
- **Location**: Anaheim, CA 92804
- **Address**: 1800 West Ball Rd.
- **District**: Anaheim Union High (LEAID `0602630`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Alternative/other
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 7–12
- **Coordinates**: 33.81710, -117.94680
- **Phone**: (714)220-3077
- **Website**: http://polaris.auhsd.us

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 623
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 30
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 20.8:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 88.0%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Red
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Orange
  - ela: Red
  - chronic_absent: Blue
  - graduation: Blue

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 9.8% proficient — 191 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 90.0% (cohort of 359)
- **2021**: 90.0% (cohort of 310)

## SAT/ACT participation (2020)
- **SAT/ACT takers**: 2

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: ca_dashboard]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.2%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 58.9%
- **Black/African American**: 22.5%
- **Asian**: 2.3%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 13.5%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.5%
- **Two or more races**: 2.1%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 81.9%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 1.2% — 7 students
- **English Learners**: 13.3% — 79 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $12,859
- **Federal share**: $462
- **State + local share**: $12,397
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 592
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $20,099,282
- **Federal share**: 12.8%
- **State share**: 57.5%
- **Local share**: 29.7%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $10,722,328

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $102,292
- **Poverty rate**: 6.9%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 28.1%
- **Unemployment**: 1.7%
- **Median gross rent**: $2,302
- **Foreign-born residents**: 30.1%
- **Single-parent households**: 8.8%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 2.8 miles (ORANGE COUNTY NORTH BASIN)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 3
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 142
- **Nearest brownfield**: 1.14 miles (ROSS PARK EXPANSION)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CITY OF ANAHEIM
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-07-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 10.5122 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.1 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### ela proficiency
- **Anaheim Elementary Online Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 41.75% (this school: 14.9%)
- **Loara High** — 0.4 mi away, 39.85% (this school: 14.9%)
- **Barton (Clara) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 27.9% (this school: 14.9%)
- **Palm Lane Global Academy** — 0.5 mi away, 29.65% (this school: 14.9%)
- **Madison (James) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 40.2% (this school: 14.9%)

### graduation rate
- **Loara High** — 0.4 mi away, 94.2% (this school: 90%)
- **Anaheim High** — 1.7 mi away, 96.7% (this school: 90%)
- **Savanna High** — 1.8 mi away, 95.4% (this school: 90%)
- **Rancho Alamitos High** — 2.6 mi away, 91.3% (this school: 90%)
- **Marie L. Hare High** — 2.6 mi away, 93.2% (this school: 90%)

### math proficiency
- **Anaheim Elementary Online Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Loara High** — 0.4 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Barton (Clara) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Palm Lane Global Academy** — 0.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Madison (James) Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/polaris-high-anaheim/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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