Summary:
The 92701 zip code of Santa Ana, California is home to 13 schools serving students from elementary through high school, with a predominantly Hispanic student population facing significant socioeconomic challenges. While the area includes some standout performers, such as OCSA (Orange County School of the Arts), a highly-ranked public charter high school, and Advanced Learning Academy, an alternative school with exceptional graduation and dropout rates, the data reveals a wide range in academic achievement across the schools.
The top-performing schools, like OCSA and Advanced Learning Academy, boast impressive proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as very high graduation rates and low dropout rates. In contrast, other schools in the 92701 zip code, such as Santa Ana High, struggle with much lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism. This disparity suggests opportunities to learn from the practices of the higher-performing schools to improve outcomes at the lower-performing ones.
The high rates of free and reduced-price lunch eligibility across most of the schools in the 92701 zip code, ranging from 12.43% at OCSA to 90.87% at Edward B. Cole Academy, indicate that the student population faces significant socioeconomic challenges. Addressing these challenges, as well as improving attendance, could be key focus areas for supporting student success in this area, which is served by several Santa Ana Unified, OCSA, El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy, Orange County Educational Arts Academy, Edward B. Cole Academy, and Nova Academy Early College High districts.
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