Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Santa Ana High School
Public · Santa Ana · Orange County · 2,196 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
14%
Higher than 34% of California high schools
-15.6 pp vs. peer median (29.1%)
· Ranked #10 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 11.5%
2025 · 13.5%
-4%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+3.5 pp
vs. Orange County baseline (-7%)
~1963
5-yr projected enrollment (233 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Santa Ana High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 11): 14% vs. a peer median of 29%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 4% (581→560 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -8%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Orange County's senior population shrank 7% over the same window — Santa Ana High School only shrank 4%. So Santa Ana High School picked up about 4 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-3.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1963 by 2029 — about 233 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Segerstrom High School | Public | 20.0% | -5% |
| Orange County School of the Arts | Public | 96.2% | +46% |
| Garden Grove High School | Public | 33.6% | -19% |
| Katella High School | Public | 11.3% | -20% |
| Foothill High | Public | 24.6% | +3% |
| Woodbridge High School | Public | 45.9% | -8% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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