Citrus Springs Charter

Citrus Springs Charter is a small combined-grade school in Santa Ana, California, one of the schools in Citrus Springs Charter District. It enrolled 477 students in kindergarten through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, combined schools in California average about 602 students each.

Citrus Springs Charter is run by Citrus Springs Charter District.

Hispanic students are the majority at Citrus Springs Charter, with 66% of enrollment. The school is also 19% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Federal data list 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Citrus Springs Charter in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.5:1. That is higher than the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. The lunch program counts 66% of students at Citrus Springs Charter as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.

Orange County has these Census figures: the median household income is $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County is home to 649 public schools and about 430,458 public school students.

Sierra Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Citrus Springs Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Citrus Springs Charter is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

In 2020-21, federal data counted 334 students at Citrus Springs Charter; in 2024-25, 477. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The ratio of students to teachers went from 33.4:1 to 21.5:1 over the same years.

The Citrus Springs Charter community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.