El Camino Real Senior High School

A school where your child can get a great education. The teachers, staff and parents really work together as a team for the better of the children.
--Submitted by a parent

I had some amazing teachers there: Roberson, Firestein, Zwick, Aguilera, just to name a few. These teachers deserve more money.
--Submitted by a parent

It is a California Distinguished School and we have won numerious Academic Decathalons. We take pride in our school.
--Submitted by a student

Academically, it is very strong.And they have won the aca-deca competition for the last 2 years.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is just finishing the 11th grade at El Camino. This year has been much better with regarding the teachers she has. The teachers she had last year with the exception of two just did not teach. They would give her loads of homework every night including weekends and holidays. She would have to study for tests on the same nights that they would give her additional homework. They would write the assigments on the board in the class and give no other direction. My daughter and the other students in these classes were basically teaching themselves. I agree that the school is STILL overcrowded. I don't understand why we are still busing students in. El Camino is not a magnet school so I see no reason. Teacher are going to be loosing jobs and funds are going to be cut again. . . Stop busing in students!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I completely agree with what the parents are saying. Your kid will get lost. Good luck on advise for college, even with a child at 4.2. They will show your child no direction. Nice people in general. Not motivated or interest in your child's future.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a student in El Camino Real High School. This school can be the best and the worst all depends on your perspective. We have the best, yes, with AP passing rates of high 80s to 100, strong academic teams such as Academic Decathlon and Science Bowl, but you will not get this benefit if you don't have the right teacher. El Camino is also the worst, with bad teachers who does not teach and do not care. One advice i have for all new commers is that you better find a senior in that school and take classes according to him or her, because you don't want to go to some classes there.
--Submitted by a student

I am the parent of one student beginning his senior year and another who i pulled out of the school after one year. The school is great if your child is motivated. The school's downfall is not the fault of the teachers or administrators, because there are some excellent ones here. There are also good opportunities for self-motivated and/or high achievers. However, if your child needs encouragement, any amount of individual attention and/or some creativity...forget about it. The school is just too overcrowded and the class size too large. I know, I have both kinds of students and one thrives there while the other didn't find her footing until we found a more appropriate school for her learning style.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughgter just completed 9th grade at El Camino Real. I am truly disappointed in the unmotivated teachers, the extremely rude staff and the fact that it is overcrowded. Luckily she is an A student so we did not have to deal with the teachers or staff too often, but when we did it was an awful experience! She will not attend next year. I am willing to drive the distance for a better school with 1/4 of the size enrollment. Over 4,000 kids it outragious!
--Submitted by a parent

I don't think I really appreciated the education I received here until I left. I graduated in 2003 after spending all 4 years at El Camino and, although it did not really prepare me at all for the real world, most of my classes did prepare me in some way for college. I took all Honors & AP courses & had some of the most amazing instructors I have ever had the pleasure of being in class with...really, they could have been teaching at the university level they were that great. I would like to see more control over the students as fights broke out (often between minority groups). I think they have stopped busing kids in though which should reduce 75% of the problems with that school.There should be more room for electives & classes geared toward student interests like interior design or architecture. However, they do have film making
--Submitted by a student