Total enrollment
35,993
-17,116 (-32%) vs SY 2017-18
53 schools in Santa Ana Unified
California · 35,993 students · 1 city
Santa Ana Unified's 53 public K-12 campuses collectively enroll about 35,993 students across 36 elementary, 6 middle, and 10 high.
7-year change in Santa Ana Unified
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
51
-9 (-15%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
96%
was 93%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Santa Ana Unified
Santa Ana Unified is a rural-scale California school district running 53 campuses with combined enrollment near 35,993.
For a sense of the school types, Santa Ana Unified covers 36 elementary, 6 middle, 10 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Santa Ana Unified runs about 679 students per campus, 17% above the state mean of roughly 578.
Over the past 7-year window. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 32%: 53,109 students in SY 2017-18 versus 35,993 in SY 2024-25. Santa Ana Unified now counts 51 public schools, down from 60 in SY 2017-18. The Hispanic share of public-school enrollment rose from 93% to 96%.
On allk12, the community for Santa Ana Unified discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.