Orange Unified School District

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Orange Unified School District
Orange Unified School District logo.png
Address
1401 North Handy Street
, California , 92867
United States
District information
Type Public
GradesK–12
Established1953
SuperintendentEdward Velasquez
NCES District ID 0628650 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment25,420 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers1,025.26 (FTE) [1]
Staff2,146.32 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio24.79:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.orangeusd.org

Orange Unified School District (OUSD) is a public school district headquartered in Orange, California.

Contents

Orange USD serves the cities of Orange and Villa Park, the unincorporated land of Silverado, and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, and an unpopulated area of Yorba Linda. Its student enrollment during the 2004–2005 school year was 31,600.

History

The Orange Unified School District was formed in 1953, when citizens in the City of Orange voted to form a school district, which combined five elementary districts with one high school district. [2] [3]

In 2003, Orange USD gave territory to the Tustin Unified School District. [4]

District Schools

The district operates 29 elementary, 5 middle, 4 high schools, a continuation high school, a K-8 math and science magnet school and two special schools. Nineteen of its forty-two schools have been recognized as California Distinguished Schools. Three of its high schools are consistently listed among Newsweek's 1,000 Best Public High Schools in America. [5] [6] [7] Some elementary and middle schools within the district also continue to achieve above average standardized test scores and national distinctions, while others are state designated Underperforming Schools under No Child Left Behind Act's sanctions. [8] Generally, its highest performing schools are in the Anaheim Hills area where all schools have been named California Distinguished Schools and constantly rank among the best schools in the county, while schools in the City of Orange tend to have lower standardized test scores.

High schools

Middle schools

  • Cerro Villa Middle School
  • El Rancho Charter School
  • Portola Middle School
  • Santiago Prep Charter Academy
  • Yorba Middle School
  • McPherson Magnet School

Elementary schools

  • Anaheim Hills Elementary School
  • California Elementary School
  • Crescent Elementary
  • Cambridge Elementary School
  • Canyon Rim Elementary School
  • Chapman Hills Elementary School
  • Crescent (formerly Peralta) Intermediate School
  • Crescent Primary School
  • Esplanade Elementary School
  • Fairhaven Elementary School
  • Fletcher Elementary School
  • Handy Elementary School
  • Imperial Elementary School
  • Jordan Elementary School
  • La Veta Elementary School
  • Lampson Elementary School
  • Linda Vista Elementary School
  • McPherson Magnet School
  • Nohl Canyon Elementary School
  • Olive Elementary School
  • Palmyra Elementary School
  • Panorama Elementary School
  • Prospect Elementary School
  • Running Springs Elementary School
  • Serrano Elementary School
  • Sycamore Elementary School
  • Taft Elementary School
  • Villa Park Elementary School
  • West Orange Elementary School

Special schools

Board of education

Gay-Straight Alliance (Colin ex rel. Colin v. Orange Unified School District)

In 1999, the Orange Unified School District voted unanimously to prohibit the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance at El Modena High School. The students sued the school board, claiming that their rights under the First Amendment and the 1984 Equal Access Act had been violated. In the first-ever ruling of its kind, Judge David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction ordering the school to allow the GSA to meet. After a settlement was agreed upon, the students were allowed to meet and were given access to school resources equal to all other campus clubs. [9]

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