Segerstrom High

As a sizable senior high in Santa Ana, California, Segerstrom High works with 2,376 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Santa Ana Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Segerstrom High sits 184% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Segerstrom High shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Segerstrom High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Segerstrom High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 47.3%, a residual of +15.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Segerstrom High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Jim Thorpe Fundamental, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Segerstrom High comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

Segerstrom High operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 2,452 students in 2018 compared to 2,376 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.