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Santa Ana Unified

Santa Ana, CA · 51 schools · 39,899 students

Avg Proficiency
39%
Below average
51
Schools
39,899
Students
39%
Avg Proficiency
72%
Avg Graduation Rate

Largest Schools

Schools ranked by enrollment. Proficiency data from EDFacts where available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Santa Ana Unified has 51 schools serving 39,899 students. The average proficiency rate across the district is 39%. The average graduation rate is 72%.

Santa Ana Unified operates 51 public schools, including Santa Ana High, Segerstrom High, Valley High, Hector G. Godinez, Century High and others. The full school list is shown above with enrollment and grade-level details.

The average graduation rate across high schools in Santa Ana Unified is approximately 72% (EDFacts district-level data, most recent reporting year). Individual school graduation rates may vary; this is a district-wide adjusted-cohort graduation rate.

The largest school in Santa Ana Unified is Santa Ana High with 3,135 students.

Santa Ana Unified serves 39,899 students across 51 schools in CA, per the latest NCES Common Core of Data enrollment.

Santa Ana Unified's average proficiency rate of 39% (math and reading combined, EDFacts) is below average and may indicate room for improvement. "Good" depends on what you value — proficiency is one signal; enrollment trends, class size, graduation rates, and district resources also matter. Check individual school pages for granular data.

Student-teacher ratios are reported at the school level by NCES, not aggregated at the district level in our dataset. Open any individual school page in Santa Ana Unified to see its specific student-teacher ratio. The US national average is approximately 16:1 for public schools.

All data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (enrollment, school count, demographics) and EDFacts assessment results (proficiency rates, graduation rates). Proficiency and graduation rates are reported at the district level. Both are federal sources used by the US Department of Education.

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School performance data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

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