South Junior High

South Junior High is a middle-grades school of roomy scale in Anaheim, California, overseen by Anaheim Union High, works with 1,159 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so South Junior High sits 76% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Anaheim Union High (26,076 students total), South Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, South Junior High lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Asian, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, South Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.6%; this one delivers 14.5%.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), South Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Juarez (Benito) Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Junior High at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.6%.

South Junior High operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 1,529 students in 2018 compared to 1,159 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.