Santa Ana Unified School District

1601 East Chestnut Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92701-6322
(District boundaries shown in map)
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Bottom 50%

Top Rankings

Santa Ana Unified School District ranks among the top 20% of public school district in California for:

Category
Attribute
Community Size
Largest student body (number of students) (Top 1%)
For the 2026 school year, there is 1 public charter school serving 363 students in Santa Ana Unified School District. This district's average charter testing ranking is 3/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public charter schools in California.
Public Charter School in Santa Ana Unified School District have an average math proficiency score of 14% (versus the California public charter school average of 32%), and reading proficiency score of 34% (versus the 48% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 98% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the California public charter school average of 75% (majority Hispanic).

Overview

This School District
This State (CA)
# Schools
53 Schools
1,290 Schools
# Students
35,993 Students
726,781 Students
# Teachers
1,798 Teachers
32,221 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
20:1
20:1

Student By Grade

District Rank

Santa Ana Unified School District, which is ranked #1479 of all 1,904 school districts in California (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 88% has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
This School District
State Average (CA)
#1465 out of 1932 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
20%
34%
30%
47%
15%
29%
88%
87%

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