Total enrollment
23,790
-1,573 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
41 schools in Orange Unified
California · 23,790 students · 5 cities
Orange Unified (California) covers 41 public K-12 schools and approximately 23,790 students, averaging 580 per school.
4-year change in Orange Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
40
-1 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Orange Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #149 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 23,790 | #39 of 587 | #308 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 40 | #29 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #543 of 587 | #8,944 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 57.2% | #346 of 587 | #3,187 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #197 of 530 | #1,643 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Orange Unified
State test results across the district's 35 scored schools run from Crescent Elementary at 82.6% proficient to Cambridge Elementary at 22.9%, a gap of 59.7 points. That is the 37th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 39 district schools that reported both years went from 26,906 to 23,561 students (down 12%) and from 1,085 to 975 full-time teachers (down 10%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Orange Unified
Orange Unified is a sparse public-school district in California. The district maintains 41 schools and enrolls approximately 23,790 students.
For a sense of the school types, Orange Unified covers 28 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Orange Unified has declined 6% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 25,363 students to 23,790. Orange Unified now counts 40 public schools, down from 41 in SY 2020-21.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Orange Unified discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.