Elementary Schools in Santa Ana, California
Near Average2024–25 data65 schools · avg 40.1/100
Santa Ana, California has 65 ranked elementary schools with an average Scope Score of 40.1/100 — 3.6 points below the California state average of 43.8. The highest-scoring school is Tustin Memorial Elementary at 86/100, where 60.7% of students exceed the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment. Santa Ana schools average 14.5% exceeded standard (state: 21.6%) — this exceeded-vs-met distinction reveals whether schools push students beyond proficiency or pace toward it. Of 65 schools, 2 High Ceiling stand out for their performance profiles. Chronic absenteeism averages 17.0% (near the state average of 18.1%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
Avg Scope Score
40.1
State avg: 43.8
SchoolScope composite
Score Range
68.5
17.7 – 86.3
Schools Ranked
65
With Scope Scores
How Santa Ana schools compare
Santa Ana's 65 ranked elementary schools average a Scope Score of 40.1 — 3.6 points below the California state average of 43.8. Scores range from 17.7 to 86.3, a 68.5-point spread.
The top-ranked school is Tustin Memorial Elementary with a Scope Score of 86 and 60.7% of students exceeding standard.
Chronic absenteeism in Santa Ana averages 17.0%, which is near the state average of 18.1%.
How we score · Scope Score weights exceeded (40%), met (22%), growth (15%), absenteeism (10%), suspension (5%), ELPAC (5%), baseline (3%)
School archetypes in Santa Ana
15 Culture First4 Strong All-Around2 High Ceiling44 Building Momentum
Archetypes are data-driven labels based on Scope Score dimensions. Learn more
Schools in Santa Ana ranked by Scope Score
| # | School | Score | County | Exceeded | Met+ | Absent | Susp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tustin Memorial Elementary Tustin Unified High Ceiling | 86 | Orange | 60.7% | 88.3% | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| 2 | Red Hill Elementary Tustin Unified Strong All-Around | 77 | Orange | 44.8% | 76.9% | 6.5% | 1.0% |
| 3 | Arroyo Elementary Tustin Unified High Ceiling | 75 | Orange | 53.0% | 79.5% | 4.5% | 0.1% |
| 4 | Panorama Elementary Orange Unified Strong All-Around | 72 | Orange | 46.2% | 77.7% | 4.4% | 0.1% |
| 5 | Foothill High Tustin Unified Strong All-Around | 68 | Orange | 29.9% | 55.8% | 10.9% | 1.6% |
| 6 | Middle College High Santa Ana Unified Strong All-Around | 67 | Orange | 43.9% | 75.3% | 8.7% | 1.3% |
| 7 | Hector G. Godinez Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 64 | Orange | 21.0% | 48.5% | 12.7% | 0.6% |
| 8 | Segerstrom High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 63 | Orange | 19.9% | 46.6% | 16.0% | 3.5% |
| 9 | R. F. Hazard Elementary Garden Grove Unified Culture First | 54 | Orange | 27.8% | 59.0% | 10.4% | 0.6% |
| 10 | Hewes Middle Tustin Unified Culture First | 53 | Orange | 27.0% | 56.7% | 6.4% | 1.2% |
| 11 | Guin Foss Elementary Tustin Unified Culture First | 53 | Orange | 35.1% | 59.7% | 11.9% | 0.6% |
| 12 | John Muir Fundamental Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 52 | Orange | 28.9% | 54.1% | 10.6% | 0.5% |
| 13 | Loma Vista Elementary Tustin Unified Culture First | 52 | Orange | 25.0% | 45.8% | 11.2% | 0.7% |
| 14 | Saddleback High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 51 | Orange | 5.6% | 20.0% | 21.3% | 5.1% |
| 15 | Valley High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 50 | Orange | 10.1% | 29.2% | 27.2% | 5.4% |
| 16 | Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana SBE - Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Building Momentum | 50 | Orange | 30.0% | 55.5% | 16.0% | 2.0% |
| 17 | Santa Ana High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 49 | Orange | 7.1% | 28.2% | 25.7% | 4.6% |
| 18 | Century High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 46 | Orange | 8.2% | 25.1% | 28.0% | 8.1% |
| 19 | Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 45 | Orange | 16.1% | 41.9% | 8.9% | 4.8% |
| 20 | Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 45 | Orange | 15.2% | 39.8% | 9.3% | 3.9% |
| 21 | Greenville Fundamental Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 44 | Orange | 19.5% | 41.1% | 9.6% | 1.6% |
| 22 | Rosita Elementary Garden Grove Unified Building Momentum | 42 | Orange | 21.1% | 41.2% | 15.1% | 1.0% |
| 23 | Jim Thorpe Fundamental Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 42 | Orange | 19.1% | 43.2% | 8.3% | 0.2% |
| 24 | Santiago Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 41 | Orange | 14.4% | 37.5% | 11.4% | 1.5% |
| 25 | Heritage Elementary Garden Grove Unified Building Momentum | 41 | Orange | 14.6% | 36.1% | 15.1% | 0.2% |
| 26 | Adams Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 41 | Orange | 11.7% | 27.2% | 14.7% | 1.0% |
| 27 | Wilson Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 41 | Orange | 13.0% | 34.1% | 14.7% | 2.6% |
| 28 | Andrew Jackson Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 40 | Orange | 11.6% | 28.4% | 13.7% | 0.1% |
| 29 | Newhope Elementary Garden Grove Unified Building Momentum | 39 | Orange | 12.8% | 32.6% | 15.1% | 0.2% |
| 30 | Advanced Learning Academy Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 39 | Orange | 16.0% | 45.7% | 14.4% | 1.5% |
| 31 | Fremont Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 39 | Orange | 13.1% | 37.5% | 15.2% | 0.3% |
| 32 | Edward Russell Elementary Garden Grove Unified Culture First | 37 | Orange | 9.6% | 24.3% | 14.9% | 1.2% |
| 33 | Monte Vista Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 36 | Orange | 8.2% | 23.4% | 8.5% | 0.6% |
| 34 | Jefferson Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 35 | Orange | 11.5% | 29.3% | 14.8% | 1.7% |
| 35 | George Washington Carver Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 35 | Orange | 8.6% | 27.5% | 18.5% | 1.8% |
| 36 | Martin Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 35 | Orange | 10.7% | 28.4% | 17.9% | 0.9% |
| 37 | Madison Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 34 | Orange | 11.0% | 23.9% | 15.4% | 0.2% |
| 38 | Fairhaven Elementary Orange Unified Building Momentum | 34 | Orange | 5.8% | 23.1% | 25.8% | 0.8% |
| 39 | John F. Kennedy Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 33 | Orange | 8.9% | 26.8% | 18.6% | 0.8% |
| 40 | Diamond Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 33 | Orange | 6.1% | 26.5% | 15.0% | 3.2% |
| 41 | Heroes Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 33 | Orange | 8.1% | 25.7% | 12.7% | 0.3% |
| 42 | Garfield Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 32 | Orange | 10.3% | 23.3% | 17.7% | 0.1% |
| 43 | Carl Harvey Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 32 | Orange | 6.3% | 22.6% | 15.0% | 0.2% |
| 44 | Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 31 | Orange | 3.6% | 16.5% | 13.4% | 0.1% |
| 45 | Wallace R. Davis Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 31 | Orange | 13.7% | 28.5% | 14.0% | 1.0% |
| 46 | Martin R. Heninger Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 31 | Orange | 8.4% | 23.1% | 22.8% | 1.1% |
| 47 | Washington Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 30 | Orange | 7.6% | 23.5% | 19.4% | 2.4% |
| 48 | Thomas A. Edison Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 30 | Orange | 6.7% | 24.5% | 18.7% | 0.2% |
| 49 | Roosevelt Walker Academy Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 30 | Orange | 6.8% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 1.7% |
| 50 | Abraham Lincoln Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 29 | Orange | 4.8% | 19.1% | 17.4% | 1.6% |
| 51 | Sierra Preparatory Academy Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 28 | Orange | 9.7% | 22.9% | 23.6% | 6.9% |
| 52 | Manuel Esqueda Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 27 | Orange | 8.7% | 24.0% | 17.4% | 6.8% |
| 53 | McFadden Institute of Technology Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 27 | Orange | 2.8% | 14.2% | 19.6% | 2.8% |
| 54 | Lowell Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 27 | Orange | 3.5% | 14.4% | 14.9% | 1.1% |
| 55 | Monroe Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 26 | Orange | 2.8% | 20.8% | 16.9% | 1.0% |
| 56 | Cesar E. Chavez High Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 25 | Orange | 0.7% | 6.9% | 75.2% | 6.2% |
| 57 | Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 25 | Orange | 4.7% | 22.0% | 15.0% | 7.2% |
| 58 | Pio Pico Elementary Santa Ana Unified Culture First | 25 | Orange | 2.9% | 13.1% | 12.4% | 0.7% |
| 59 | Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 24 | Orange | 5.3% | 15.7% | 20.1% | 6.0% |
| 60 | Gerald P. Carr Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 23 | Orange | 6.3% | 21.4% | 17.2% | 11.3% |
| 61 | Taft Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 23 | Orange | 3.7% | 15.9% | 23.1% | 1.0% |
| 62 | Franklin Elementary Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 23 | Orange | 4.4% | 15.0% | 14.6% | 2.2% |
| 63 | Romero-Cruz Academy Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 21 | Orange | 1.8% | 10.3% | 21.2% | 12.6% |
| 64 | Lorin Griset Academy Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 20 | Orange | 1.0% | 7.0% | 73.2% | 3.8% |
| 65 | Willard Intermediate Santa Ana Unified Building Momentum | 18 | Orange | 2.0% | 10.1% | 22.3% | 2.4% |
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2024-25 · Methodology
Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data, not official CDE ratings. They represent one way of interpreting test results and should not be the sole basis for school decisions.
Private Schools in Santa Ana
Private schools don't participate in California's standardized testing (CAASPP) and cannot be scored or ranked. Showing enrollment, student-teacher ratio, and affiliation where available.
Calvary Christian School
Brethren · Grades Pre-K-8 · 281 students
12:1Private
St. Joseph Elementary School
Roman Catholic · Grades Pre-K-8 · 235 students
24:1Private
St. Anne School
Roman Catholic · Grades Pre-K-8 · 234 students
18:1Private
St. Barbara School
Roman Catholic · Grades Pre-K-8 · 189 students
15:1Private
Bethel Baptist School
Amish · Grades Pre-K-12 · 83 students
7:1Private
What Scope Scores can't tell you about Santa Ana
- Class sizes and student-teacher interaction quality
- Quality of arts, music, athletics, and enrichment programs
- Teacher experience, turnover, and professional development
- Campus safety, bullying climate, and social-emotional support
- Parent and community engagement levels
- Quality of special education and gifted programs
- How school zones and enrollment boundaries affect access
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Frequently asked questions
Are the schools in Santa Ana good?
Santa Ana's 65 ranked elementary schools average a Scope Score of 40.1/100, which is 3.6 points below the California state average of 43.8. 14.5% of students exceed the state standard on average (state average: 21.6%). The Scope Score weights six dimensions: exceeded standard (40%), met standard (22%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What is the best elementary school in Santa Ana?
The highest-scoring elementary school in Santa Ana is Tustin Memorial Elementary with a Scope Score of 86/100 and 60.7% of students exceeding the state standard. Rankings are based on SchoolScope's 2025 Scope Score, which measures academic performance and school climate using publicly available California data. See full methodology.
How do Santa Ana schools compare to the state average?
Santa Ana elementary schools average a Scope Score of 40.1 vs. the statewide average of 43.8 (3.6 points below). The exceeded rate averages 14.5% vs. 21.6% statewide. Chronic absenteeism averages 17.0% vs. 18.1% statewide. Scores range from 17.7 to 86.3, a 68.5-point spread.
How many schools are in Santa Ana?
Santa Ana has 65 ranked elementary schools with Scope Scores. Schools are ranked using a weighted composite of CAASPP test performance, growth trajectory, chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Schools with insufficient testing data are not ranked.
What does the Scope Score measure?
The Scope Score is SchoolScope's proprietary composite rating (0–100) based on six dimensions of publicly available California school data: the exceeded-vs-met standard split, overall proficiency, grade 3–5 growth, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score separates students who "exceeded" from those who "met" the standard — revealing whether a school pushes students beyond proficiency or paces toward it. Full methodology and weights.