Summary:
ZIP code 92707 includes 11 schools—seven elementary, two middle and two high schools—in Santa Ana Unified. In 2025–26, the schools’ average All Grades proficiency was 27% in ELA, 18% in math and 14% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The central finding is that results vary widely from school to school, yet even the highest All Grades result in each subject is below the state figure.
Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate leads the group in all three All Grades subjects, with 48% in ELA, 31% in math and 29% in science—about 1, 8 and 7 percentage points below state results. Cesar E. Chavez High is lowest, at 7% in ELA, 0% in math and 1% in science; the school-to-school spread is 41 points in ELA, 31 in math and 28 in science. Grade-specific results reveal strengths that All Grades figures can miss: Saddleback High exceeds state ELA results in 7th grade (62% versus 51%) and 8th grade (71% versus 49%). SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 statewide ranking also places MacArthur highest among these schools, at the 53rd percentile and 3 stars; Chavez and Thomas A. Edison Elementary are both at the 2nd percentile and 0 stars.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the school average fell 1 percentage point in ELA, was flat in math and rose 1 point in science; state results were flat, up 1 and up 3 points, respectively. Individual results differ: Saddleback’s ELA rose 10 points, while Edison’s fell 14 points in ELA and 11 in math. As context, all schools reported the same low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–25: figures ranged from 82% at MacArthur to 97% at Chavez. This measure, like SchoolDigger rankings, describes the schools but does not explain their test results.
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