Summary:
Seven elementary schools in ZIP code 92707 serve grades K–5, K–6 or K–8, with 3,489 students across schools in Santa Ana Unified. The group’s average proficiency was 25% in ELA, 20% in math and 14% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. No school reached the state result in any of the three subjects—the clearest overall finding for families comparing schools in this area.
Martin Elementary leads the group in all three subjects, with 36% proficiency in ELA, 30% in math and 20% in science. That is 7 percentage points above second-place Madison Elementary in ELA, 5 points ahead in math and 3 points ahead in science. Martin still falls short of the state results by 14 points in ELA, 9 in math and 16 in science. At the other end, Thomas A. Edison Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results, at 17% and 10%; Taft Elementary has the lowest science result, at 5%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings also place Martin highest in this group, at the 32nd percentile, and Edison lowest, at the 2nd.
Recent changes reinforce that contrast: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Martin rose 4 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math and 4 in science, while Edison fell 14 points in ELA and 11 in math, despite a 2-point science increase. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranks shifted from 42nd to 32nd for Martin and from 24th to 2nd for Edison between 2023–24 and 2025–26. Other figures offer context, not explanations: student-teacher ratios range from 15.6 at Taft to 23.2 at Martin, and all schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, ranging from 85% at Taft to 96% at Washington Elementary. Because schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results do not compare identical grade groups.
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