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What advice would you give to incoming students at Santa Ana High?
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Enrollment
2,505
High
DISTRICT 1,256 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531006005
Santa Ana High
520 West Walnut, Santa Ana, CA 92701 · (714) 567-4900 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,505 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
127 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
2,270 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 577 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 671 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 641 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 616 | 25% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
14.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 31.0% | 28.5% | 29.9% |
| Math | 3.5% | 11.3% | 25.8% | 59.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 10.7% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 10.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.1% | 10.4% |
| 2020-21 | 30.1% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.2% | 13.5% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 12.4% |
| 2016-17 | 29.1% | 8.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Santa Ana High
Santa Ana High's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ana High this school | 2,505 | 90.6% | 27.5% |
| Coachella Valley High Thermal | 2,300 | 90.3% | 25.6% |
| Watsonville High Watsonville | 2,215 | 91.1% | 25.4% |
| James A. Garfield Senior High Los Angeles | 2,237 | 92.8% | 44.8% |
| Phineas Banning Senior High Wilmington | 2,422 | 91.5% | 35.4% |
| Montebello High Montebello | 1,907 | 89.0% | 28.8% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Santa Ana High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #873 of 1,052 | #63 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #839 of 1,056 ▲ 60 | #63 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #871 of 1,056 ▼ 55 | #61 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #438 of 1,044 | #22 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,505 | #101 of 2,093 | #12 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #510 of 1,352 | #21 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.3% | #1,337 of 1,351 | #84 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.6% | #277 of 1,575 | #15 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #277 of 802 | #32 of 71 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,505
-818 (-25%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 3,033
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 24.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,505 | 127 | 19.7:1 | 91% (2,270) |
| 2023-24 | 2,853 | 131.9 | 21.6:1 | 76% (2,180) |
| 2022-23 | 3,135 | 135.2 | 23.2:1 | 71% (2,240) |
| 2020-21 | 3,323 | 136 | 24.4:1 | 90% (2,990) |
| 2017-18 | 2,963 | 118.6 | 25.0:1 | 86% (2,538) |
| 2015-16 | 2,800 | 111 | 25.2:1 | 96% (2,690) |
| 2010-11 | 3,229 | N/A | N/A | 82% (2,659) |
| 2000-01 | 3,671 | 151 | 24.3:1 | 84% (3,087) |
| 1990-91 | 3,033 | 120 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Ana High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (2,963 to 2,505); teachers up 7% (118.6 to 127).
About Santa Ana High
Santa Ana High is a high school with a street address in Santa Ana, California. It teaches 2,505 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Enrollment across the 51 schools in Santa Ana Unified totals 35,993 students.
Santa Ana High is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 2, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Santa Ana High comes to 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.7:1. The school's 19.7:1 compares with an average of 18.2:1 for high schools in California. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Santa Ana High lands at C, ahead of 29% of California public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Santa Ana High is +1.0 points: 27.5% actual, 26.4% predicted.
Census data for Orange County show the median household earns about $116,289 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
Of the public schools around it, Santa Ana High is closest to Martin R. Heninger Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Santa Ana High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 18.9% on proficiency, and Santa Ana High is above that at 27.5%.
Federal data place Santa Ana High in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 25% decrease, from 3,323 to 2,505. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.4:1 to 19.7:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Santa Ana High. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Ana Unified
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,519 students
- Saddleback HighHigh · 1,451 students
- Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental IntermediateMiddle · 1,234 students
Other schools in Santa Ana
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,126 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,519 students
Nearby schools
- Martin R. Heninger Elementary0.1 mi · 783
- Nova Academy Early College High0.2 mi · 288
- Lowell Elementary0.4 mi · 426
- Pio Pico Elementary0.5 mi · 501
- Edward B. Cole Academy0.5 mi · 431
- Franklin Elementary0.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Ana HighWhat is the total enrollment at Santa Ana High?
Santa Ana High enrolls approximately 2,505 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Santa Ana High serve?
Santa Ana High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Santa Ana High?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Santa Ana High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Ana High?
At Santa Ana High, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Santa Ana High public or private?
Santa Ana High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.