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Santa Ana Virtual Academy — Rating & test scores

Santa Ana · K–12

63rdpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 2,532 scored public middle schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score
44 / 100

Weighted composite · 2026
Not a grade or a test result.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Near California in English and math: 47% and 39% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. Source
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 6–8: 94
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 6, 7 and 8 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,254,039 in English and 1,254,800 in math tested).

Latest test update · spring 2025 → 2026: a comparable all-grades result is unavailable. SchoolScope shows this comparison only with both years and at least 30 scored students per subject. See the available records →

This rating covers grades 6–8. Santa Ana Virtual Academy teaches K–12: grades 4 and 5 results ↓

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Things worth knowing

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35% of the 65 English learners tested here reached the top level of the state’s English test in 2025–26, against 22% at the average California middle school.2025–26
35%English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test
Source
CDE ELPAC Summative, Overall Performance Level 4, 2025–26
Students
English learners who took the summative ELPAC: 65
Comparison
The California figure is an average of school rates (2,172 scored California middle schools), our calculation.

Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How strong are the foundations for high school?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
10%
Proficient
37%
Below Proficient
53%

47% proficient or advanced · 94 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaSanta Ana Unified
Advanced10%19%9%
Proficient37%30%25%
Developing24%23%27%
Minimal29%28%39%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
26%
Proficient
13%
Below Proficient
61%

39% proficient or advanced · 94 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaSanta Ana Unified
Advanced26%21%9%
Proficient13%16%13%
Developing23%23%25%
Minimal38%40%53%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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English

grades 4 and 5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
20%
Proficient
32%
Below Proficient
48%

52% proficient or advanced · 40 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaSanta Ana Unified
Advanced20%24%12%
Proficient32%23%20%
Developing16%20%24%
Minimal32%33%44%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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Math

grades 4 and 5Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
5%
Proficient
17%
Below Proficient
78%

22% proficient or advanced · 40 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaSanta Ana Unified
Advanced5%21%9%
Proficient17%19%14%
Developing23%26%31%
Minimal55%34%46%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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What these tests tell you · what to ask

Read English and math separately, then look at progress and the courses students can take.

Ask: How do students get support, choose courses, and prepare for the move to high school?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school47%
California49%

Tested: 94 here · 1,254,039 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school47%
Santa Ana Unified34%

Tested: 94 here · 7,858 in Santa Ana Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 20 schools.

Math

grades 6–8Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school39%
California37%

Tested: 94 here · 1,254,800 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school39%
Santa Ana Unified22%

Tested: 94 here · 7,853 in Santa Ana Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 20 schools.

English

grades 4 and 5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school52%
California47%

Tested: 40 here · 817,970 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school52%
Santa Ana Unified32%

Tested: 40 here · 5,084 in Santa Ana Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 39 schools.

Math

grades 4 and 5Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school22%
California40%

Tested: 40 here · 819,757 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school22%
Santa Ana Unified23%

Tested: 40 here · 5,087 in Santa Ana Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 39 schools.

Progress over time

How are results changing through the middle years?

Ask: Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

How often students miss school or are suspended, and how the school describes itself where its website does.

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
16in 100 at the average Santa Ana Unified school18in 100 at the average California middle school

37 of 301 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school12 in 100
at the average Santa Ana Unified school16 in 100
at the average California middle school18 in 100
0of 308 students were suspended at least once, 2025–26
3.5%at the average Santa Ana Unified school3.7%at the average California middle school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2025–26Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 4–696 of 65
Grades 7–81410 of 74
Grades 9–121321 of 162

What people here say

Answers from students, families and staff. Each source stays separate.

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Students

We don’t have student survey results for Santa Ana Virtual Academy. Ask whether the school surveys its students, and what it learned from the answers.

Families

Family answers collected by SchoolScope

We don’t show family answers yet. How family answers work

Ask current families about communication, belonging and support when a child needs help.

Staff

Staff answers collected by SchoolScope · staff who confirm a work email at Santa Ana Unified

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Proficient or Advanced · grades 4–8 · spring 2026. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

122 tested per subject

English47% / 38%
Math33% / 27%

Hispanic or Latino

127 tested per subject

English49% / 39%
Math34% / 26%

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here did better than the same groups across Santa Ana Unified.

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 4–8 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Santa Ana Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 122 tested
English47%+1631%+938%
Math33%+1221%+627%
Hispanic or Latino · 127 tested
English49%+1831%+1039%
Math34%+1321%+826%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santa Ana Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 94%Unallocated share: 6%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino94%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share6%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino94%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

English learners

Are English learners making progress in English?

66%of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026
This school66%
Santa Ana Unified43%
California47%

40 of 61 English learners here; 4,026 of 9,325 in Santa Ana Unified; 355,274 of 748,916 in California. This measures progress, not fluency. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Questions & evidence

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Getting in

Ask Santa Ana Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (714) 565-5450Principal: Erica Graves

Location and visiting

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1512 West Santa Ana Boulevard, Santa Ana 92703

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Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. Most students in grades 6–8 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  2. Which math courses can students take, and how are placements decided?
  3. How do students get academic help and connect with a trusted adult?
  4. Which electives and high-school transition supports are available?

Call (714) 565-5450 to ask about a visit.

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Highest-rated middle schools nearby2026 statewide percentile

Common questions

Is Santa Ana Virtual Academy a good middle school?
Santa Ana Virtual Academy is in the 63rd percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. Its Scope Score is 44 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In spring 2026, on California's state tests (CAASPP), Santa Ana Virtual Academy was near California in English and math: 47% and 39% met or exceeded the standard in grades 6–8, against 49% and 37% statewide. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2026, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Santa Ana Virtual Academy's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 47% of students tested in grades 6–8 met or exceeded the English standard and 39% the math standard; 10% and 26% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 49% and 37% met or exceeded, 19% and 21% exceeded. 94 students were tested in English and 94 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Santa Ana Virtual Academy rank in California?
Santa Ana Virtual Academy is in the 63rd percentile of 2,532 California comprehensive middle schools (Solid, 2026). Santa Ana Virtual Academy ranks #919 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2026 Scope Score combines 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard, met or exceeded the standard, grade 6-to-8 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Santa Ana Virtual Academy?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 12.3% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 37 chronically absent of 301 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 0.0%; 0 unduplicated suspended students of 308 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Santa Ana Virtual Academy compare to other schools in Santa Ana?
Santa Ana Virtual Academy is in the 63rd percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. Use the schools in Santa Ana page or the map view to compare nearby middle schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Santa Ana Virtual Academy?
At Santa Ana Virtual Academy in Santa Ana, 48% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) in grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 33% across the district and 40% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 15 points above the district rate for the same group. Also: low-income students, 38% in math; Hispanic students, 49% in reading and writing. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 159 low-income students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
Source records

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

Downloads, sources & methodology

2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.

Santa Ana Virtual Academy is ranked #919 statewide · #3 of 17 in Santa Ana Unified.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard16.8%17.7%42%
Met or exceeded43.4%40.6%23%
Chronic absenteeism13.1%17.8%5%
Suspension rate0.5%3.8%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)35.4%17.5%5%
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)+2.6pp+3.0ppnot scored
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 17.7% · index 49 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 40.6% · index 53 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 57 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.8% · index 63 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 17.5% · index 66 · 50 = CA middle-school midpoint
Grade gap (G6→G8, different students)
↓ vs CA +3.0pp

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELATestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 41932%21%15%32%53%46%+7
Grade 52110%42%15%33%52%49%+3
Grade 6239%39%9%43%48%48%+0
Grade 72814%43%25%18%57%51%+6
Grade 8437%33%32%28%40%49%−9
Grade 113716%35%33%16%51%57%−6

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 4195%32%26%37%37%42%−5
Grade 5215%5%19%71%10%37%−27
Grade 62313%13%26%48%26%37%−11
Grade 72825%25%21%29%50%38%+12
Grade 84333%7%20%40%40%36%+4
Grade 113730%27%11%32%57%32%+25

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimal
Schoolwide10110%24%51%15%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged15948%+15+8
Hispanic/Latino16249%+16+8
Nearest middle schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

Listed nearest first, by distance.

Advanced · Proficient or Advanced
Average every tested grade and subject, so they differ from the English and math figures above.
Grade gap
Grade 6 vs grade 8, this year, different students.
Cohort growth
School-level grade groups from different years, not matched children, in scale-score points. That’s the measurement the Scope Score weights.
SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedGrade gapCohort growthSusp
Santa Ana Virtual Academy ←—4463rd percentile · Solid · statewide · 202617%43%+2.6pp—0.5%
Vista Heritage Global Academy0.8 mi2415th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20266%20%+3.0pp—1.4%
Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate1.1 mi4464th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202616%40%+3.0pp—4.0%
Willard Intermediate1.1 mi12bottom percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20263%11%−3.4pp—6.7%
Average California middle school—40School average · no percentile18%41%+3.0pp—3.8%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA17113.4%49.1%
2026 · Math17121.6%39.2%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

YearScopePctileRankAbsentSuspGrade gap
20264463#91913.1%0.5%+2.6pp

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Grade gap = this year's grade 6 vs grade 8 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
What we can't show
  • — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female—12.2%—
Male—12.5%—
Hispanic/Latino—12.0%—
Students with Disabilities—15.3%—
English Learners—13.3%—
Homeless—18.4%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged—13.1%—
All Students—12.3%—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,998 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 44,271 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$27,941 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 14%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,998 per pupil
2020$15,219 per pupil
2019$14,679 per pupil
2018$12,971 per pupil
2017$12,258 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92703
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92703
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$84,437
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.46%
ZCTA population62,447
Median age34.8 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92703 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=2,532 middle schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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