Middle College High

Located at 1530 West 17th St., in Santa Ana, California, Middle College High is a small four-year high school that works with 448 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Santa Ana Unified. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Santa Ana Unified runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 35,993 students. Middle College High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Middle College High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Middle College High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Middle College High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Middle College High is one.

Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Middle College High.

Middle College High operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Middle College High's enrollment has grew 29% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 448). Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 96% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.