# Santa Ana Unified

Santa Ana Unified is a unified district in Orange County, California. Reading proficiency is 33.0%, +2.2 points from 2023 to 2025. Math proficiency is 22.1%, +2.2 points from 2023 to 2025.

## Key Stats

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical URL | https://caschooltrends.com/districts/santa-ana-unified |
| County | Orange |
| District type | Unified |
| Schools | 62 |
| Students | 38,335 |
| Student / teacher ratio | 20:1 |
| Average spending per student | $25,100 |
| Low-Income Students | 32,407 (90.8%) |
| English Learners | 13,685 (38.4%) |

## Reading Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 30.9% | 20,188 |
| 2024 | 31.0% | 19,012 |
| 2025 | 33.0% | 18,227 |

## Math Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 19.8% | 20,342 |
| 2024 | 21.0% | 19,274 |
| 2025 | 22.1% | 18,315 |

## Reading Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 28.8% | 41.8% |
| 2024 | 29.1% | 44.6% |
| 2025 | 31.4% | 51.8% |

## Math Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 18.4% | 27.4% |
| 2024 | 19.7% | 30.8% |
| 2025 | 20.7% | 37.1% |

## Reading Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 7.8% | 38.7% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | 37.8% |
| 2025 | 6.4% | 40.3% |

## Math Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 6.1% | 26.3% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | 27.1% |
| 2025 | 5.9% | 27.9% |

## Board Members

| Name | Role | Email | First Year | Term Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alfonso Alvarez, Ed.D. | Clerk | alfonso.alvarez@sausd.us | 2024 | 2028 |
| Brenda Lebsack | Member | brenda.lebsack@sausd.us | 2024 | 2028 |
| Hector Bustos | Vice President | hector.bustos@sausd.us | 2022 | 2026 |
| Katelyn Brazer Aceves | President | katelyn.brazeraceves@sausd.us | 2022 | 2026 |
| Valerie Magdaleno | Member | valerie.magdaleno@sausd.us | 2024 | 2028 |

## Schools

| Rank | School | City | Reading | Math | Combined | Reading 2-Year | Math 2-Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | OCSA | N/A | 89.3% | 80.5% | 84.9% | -2.9 | +4.1 |
| 2 | Middle College High | Santa Ana | 97.0% | 53.5% | 75.3% | +3.6 | +1.4 |
| 3 | John Muir Fundamental Elementary | Santa Ana | 55.3% | 53.1% | 54.2% | -3.9 | +0.7 |
| 4 | Hector G. Godinez | Santa Ana | 65.5% | 31.6% | 48.5% | +1.6 | +5.1 |
| 5 | Walker Elementary | Santa Ana | 47.3% | 47.4% | 47.4% | +4.4 | +5.1 |
| 6 | Segerstrom High | Santa Ana | 61.7% | 31.5% | 46.6% | +1.0 | +5.0 |
| 7 | El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy | Santa Ana | 49.6% | 41.8% | 45.7% | +4.8 | +6.1 |
| 8 | Jim Thorpe Fundamental | Santa Ana | 47.7% | 38.9% | 43.3% | -9.1 | -5.7 |
| 9 | Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate | Santa Ana | 50.1% | 33.9% | 42.0% | +8.3 | +10.0 |
| 10 | Orange County Educational Arts Academy | Santa Ana | 49.1% | 33.0% | 41.1% | +9.5 | +5.6 |
| 11 | Greenville Fundamental Elementary | Santa Ana | 46.1% | 35.8% | 41.0% | +3.4 | -2.7 |
| 12 | Advanced Learning Academy | Santa Ana | 51.6% | 28.8% | 40.2% | +8.3 | +14.4 |
| 13 | Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate | Santa Ana | 41.4% | 38.0% | 39.7% | +4.4 | +4.3 |
| 14 | Fremont Elementary | Santa Ana | 44.7% | 31.8% | 38.3% | +12.9 | +3.6 |
| 15 | Hoover Elementary | Santa Ana | 38.1% | 36.4% | 37.3% | +14.0 | +10.3 |
| 16 | Wilson Elementary | Santa Ana | 36.6% | 31.6% | 34.1% | +6.9 | +4.0 |
| 17 | Santiago Elementary | Santa Ana | 39.0% | 26.6% | 32.8% | -1.1 | +1.1 |
| 18 | Frederick Remington Elementary | Santa Ana | 30.0% | 32.0% | 31.0% | +10.0 | +9.0 |
| 19 | Edward B. Cole Academy | Santa Ana | 33.3% | 26.6% | 29.9% | -10.8 | -0.8 |
| 20 | Valley High | Santa Ana | 38.5% | 19.9% | 29.2% | +11.5 | +11.5 |
| 21 | Jefferson Elementary | Santa Ana | 27.2% | 31.3% | 29.2% | -2.3 | +2.2 |
| 22 | Andrew Jackson Elementary | Santa Ana | 30.8% | 27.0% | 28.9% | +0.1 | +4.1 |
| 23 | Martin Elementary | Santa Ana | 32.1% | 24.9% | 28.5% | +4.3 | -6.2 |
| 24 | Wallace R. Davis Elementary | Santa Ana | 32.1% | 24.9% | 28.5% | -6.6 | -6.3 |
| 25 | Santa Ana High | Santa Ana | 41.6% | 14.8% | 28.2% | +10.6 | +4.2 |
| 26 | Jose Sepulveda Elementary | Santa Ana | 29.6% | 25.8% | 27.7% | +8.5 | +9.5 |
| 27 | John F. Kennedy Elementary | Santa Ana | 31.2% | 23.9% | 27.5% | +2.9 | -1.5 |
| 28 | Diamond Elementary | Santa Ana | 30.9% | 23.7% | 27.3% | +2.1 | +6.8 |
| 29 | George Washington Carver Elementary | Santa Ana | 31.1% | 23.1% | 27.1% | -1.5 | -1.4 |
| 30 | Adams Elementary | Santa Ana | 29.1% | 24.5% | 26.8% | +3.9 | +2.4 |
| 31 | Madison Elementary | Santa Ana | 29.8% | 23.3% | 26.5% | -1.4 | -1.7 |
| 32 | Thomas A. Edison Elementary | Santa Ana | 31.1% | 20.7% | 25.9% | +5.1 | +3.2 |
| 33 | Heroes Elementary | Santa Ana | 27.2% | 23.8% | 25.5% | -6.7 | -2.2 |
| 34 | Century High | Santa Ana | 33.2% | 17.0% | 25.1% | +5.8 | +8.8 |
| 35 | Saddleback High | Santa Ana | 33.1% | 16.5% | 24.8% | -3.1 | +1.4 |
| 36 | Washington Elementary | Santa Ana | 28.0% | 19.6% | 23.8% | -0.1 | -2.6 |
| 37 | Monte Vista Elementary | Santa Ana | 29.0% | 18.5% | 23.7% | +6.4 | +3.5 |
| 38 | Martin R. Heninger Elementary | Santa Ana | 30.8% | 16.7% | 23.7% | +5.1 | -1.6 |
| 39 | Advanced Learning Academy | Santa Ana | 31.1% | 15.3% | 23.2% | -1.9 | -1.7 |
| 40 | McFadden Institute of Technology | Santa Ana | 26.9% | 19.5% | 23.2% | +8.8 | +5.0 |
| 41 | Garfield Elementary | Santa Ana | 26.1% | 20.2% | 23.1% | +3.2 | +2.4 |
| 42 | Carl Harvey Elementary | Santa Ana | 26.1% | 18.8% | 22.5% | -1.2 | -1.0 |
| 43 | Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate | Santa Ana | 32.5% | 11.4% | 21.9% | +8.0 | +2.6 |
| 44 | Gerald P. Carr Intermediate | Santa Ana | 23.2% | 19.8% | 21.5% | -2.5 | +2.0 |
| 45 | Monroe Elementary | Santa Ana | 20.2% | 20.2% | 20.2% | -0.6 | +3.1 |
| 46 | Roosevelt Walker Academy | Santa Ana | 23.3% | 15.5% | 19.4% | -9.4 | -5.4 |
| 47 | Abraham Lincoln Elementary | Santa Ana | 23.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% | +2.6 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Manuel Esqueda Elementary | Santa Ana | 23.5% | 14.7% | 19.1% | -0.2 | -2.0 |
| 49 | Nova Academy Early College High | Santa Ana | 31.5% | 2.2% | 16.8% | -30.0 | -13.2 |
| 50 | Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary | Santa Ana | 19.5% | 14.1% | 16.8% | -2.9 | -0.4 |
| 51 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Santa Ana | 22.1% | 11.3% | 16.7% | +6.0 | +2.5 |
| 52 | Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate | Santa Ana | 22.0% | 10.9% | 16.4% | +0.8 | +0.9 |
| 53 | Taft Elementary | Santa Ana | 17.6% | 13.4% | 15.5% | -5.9 | -0.9 |
| 54 | Franklin Elementary | Santa Ana | 14.8% | 16.1% | 15.5% | -14.7 | -11.7 |
| 55 | Lowell Elementary | Santa Ana | 14.2% | 14.6% | 14.4% | -0.1 | +4.1 |
| 56 | Pio Pico Elementary | Santa Ana | 12.8% | 9.9% | 11.4% | -7.0 | -4.5 |
| 57 | Romero-Cruz Academy | Santa Ana | 11.6% | 9.8% | 10.7% | -2.1 | +2.5 |
| 58 | Spurgeon Intermediate | Santa Ana | 14.2% | 6.4% | 10.3% | -0.4 | +0.5 |
| 59 | Willard Intermediate | Santa Ana | 13.8% | 6.7% | 10.2% | +4.8 | +2.0 |
| 60 | Lorin Griset Academy | Santa Ana | 11.6% | 2.4% | 7.0% | -0.2 | +1.5 |
| 61 | Cesar E. Chavez High | Santa Ana | 13.2% | 0.7% | 6.9% | +4.9 | +0.1 |
| 62 | REACH Academy | Santa Ana | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | +3.8 | +6.3 |