Garden Grove Unified School District

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Garden Grove Unified School District
Address
10331 Stanford Avenue
, Orange County , California , 92844
United States
Coordinates 33°46′42″N117°57′16″W / 33.7782°N 117.9545°W / 33.7782; -117.9545 (District office) Coordinates: 33°46′42″N117°57′16″W / 33.7782°N 117.9545°W / 33.7782; -117.9545 (District office)
District information
Type Public
Grades Pre-K through 12th
Established1965;58 years ago (1965)
PresidentWalter Muñeton [1]
Vice-presidentTeri Rocco [1]
SuperintendentGabriela Mafi
Schools70 [2]
NCES District ID 0614880 [2]
Students and staff
Enrollment44,223 (2016–17) [2]
Teachers1,833.15 FTE [2]
Student–teacher ratio24.12 [2]
Other information
Website www.ggusd.us
Garden Grove Unified School DistrictLocation of the district office (blue map pin) within Orange County (shown in orange).

The Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) is the 14th-largest school district in California. [3] It includes boundaries in Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton, and Westminster.

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The district includes forty-eight elementary schools, ten intermediate schools, eight high schools, two special education schools, and two continuation schools.

It was formed in July 1965 from the merger of three districts: the Garden Grove Elementary School District (established 1875 [4] ), the Alamitos School District (1880s) and the Garden Grove Union High School District (1921).

In 2004, the district received the Broad Prize for Urban Education. Twice before, it had been a Broad Prize finalist. [5]

In 2016, the district received 1st in Mathematics for the statewide SBAC, and 2nd in ELA behind San Francisco.

In 2017, the GGUSD Board of Education announced that it would launch its Vietnamese dual immersion program the following year at John Murdy Elementary School, becoming the fourth school district in the United States to do so. [6]

The district superintendent is Dr. Gabriela Mafi. [7]

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Intermediate schools

Preschool and Elementary schools

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References

  1. 1 2 "Board of Education Members". Garden Grove Unified School District. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Garden Grove Unified". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. https://ggusd.us
  4. Los Angeles Herald, 6-10-1875
  5. "The Broad Prize". Archived from the original on 2014-04-08.
  6. "GGUSD Announces Launch of New Vietnamese Dual Language Program at Murdy | Garden Grove Unified School District".
  7. "Superintendent of Schools". Garden Grove Unified School District. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  8. "Ethan Allen Elementary School". allen.ggusd.us. Retrieved April 2, 2023.