Loara High School

How to Enroll at Loara High School

Loara High School enrolls students by Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) attendance area: students who live inside the boundary register by address, with no entrance exam. The district's Find My School tool is the authority on which school an address is assigned to.

AUHSD residents who want a school other than their assigned one can apply under the district's intradistrict transfer policy (8535.5). The policy places all students living in a school's attendance area first and fills any remaining seats by random lottery among applications filed in the district's application period; the district sets the period and eligibility each year, and families provide their own transportation.

Students who live outside the district, including Irvine residents, must first obtain a release from their home district and then file AUHSD's Inter-district Transfer Incoming Application. Under the district's interdistrict policy (8536), AUHSD considers incoming transfers only for these reasons: a continuing student at the requested school, a sibling of a continuing student, a child of an AUHSD employee, a parent or guardian employed within district boundaries, or a specific instructional program offered at the requested school. Approval also requires available space and satisfactory grades, credits, attendance and behavior; permits are valid for one school year, and no transportation is provided. The policy also states that AUHSD is not a District of Choice, the state program under which a district voluntarily accepts out-of-district students.

When AUHSD denies an interdistrict request, it provides a written explanation. Families may appeal to Student Support Services on the district's appeal form within 7 calendar days of the denial letter, and after the district's final decision they may appeal to the Orange County Board of Education within 30 calendar days.

Courses and Signature Programs at Loara High School

In the 2026-27 University of California A-G course list, Loara High School has 115 approved courses, including 13 AP courses and 19 UC-approved honors courses (courses that receive extra weight in the UC GPA). See the full A-G list.

Saxon Summit Capstone

The capstone is implemented schoolwide and adapted for English learners and students with disabilities. Students reflect on their growth in the district's 5Cs (critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaboration and character), the Career Preparedness Systems Framework (CPSF) and the school's mission and vision.

California Democracy School Civic Learning

Every student completes a civic inquiry investigation in 12th-grade American Government, and over four years students take part in six civic practices: instruction in government, history, law and democracy; current-events discussion; service learning; extracurricular activities; student governance (ASB); and simulations of democratic processes.

CTE and Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Pathways

Pathways include Drone Operations, Production and Managerial Arts, Child Development, Public Safety, Financial Services, Software and Systems Development, Patient Care, and Systems Diagnostics Service and Repair.

Honors, AP and Dual Enrollment

The school offers honors and AP coursework, and students can take Cypress College and Fullerton College dual enrollment courses tuition-free for both high school and college credit.

AVID and AIME

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an elective program that prepares students for four-year colleges; AIME (Anaheim Innovative Mentoring Experience) is the district's career mentoring and internship program.

Academic Results at Loara High School: CAASPP and Graduation

In the 2024-25 California state tests (CAASPP), 36.1% of Loara High School 11th graders met or exceeded the English language arts standard and 7.8% met or exceeded the math standard; the statewide figures for 11th graders were 57% and 30.5%. For the class of 2025, 97.2% of the 357 students in the four-year cohort graduated, and 45.5% of graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU admission.

Twelve Years of UC Application Data at Loara High School: Applicants, Admit Rates and GPA

The University of California publishes applicants, admits and enrollees for every California high school. Combined 2023–2025, 146 of 222 applications from Loara High School to the UC system were admitted (66%). Categories with fewer than five students are not published by UC and appear as "—", not zero.

Campuses are listed in order of the U.S. News national university rankings. UC leaves a category blank when it has fewer than five applicants or fewer than three admits or enrollees.

Student Body at Loara High School

In 2025-26, 88% of Loara High School students were socioeconomically disadvantaged and 26.2% were English learners.

• Hispanic or Latino82.7%
• Asian6.9%
• White3.9%
• Filipino2.2%
• African American1.3%
• Two or more races1.1%

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