Santa Ana
Santa Ana, CA
Santa Ana is the county seat and most populous city in Orange County, California. Santa Ana is located in Southern California on the Santa Ana River and is only 10 miles away from the beautiful California coast.
The core of the city is the downtown area, which contains both retail and housing, as well as the Santa Ana Civic Center which is home to administrative buildings for both the city and the county of Orange.
To the north of downtown is the “Midtown” district along Main St., home to entertainment destinations such as the Bowers Museum, MainPlace Mall, and the Discovery Science Center.
Near the intersection of the Santa Ana Freeway and the Costa Mesa Freeway is the newly-designated “Metro East” area, which the city council has envisioned as a secondary mixed-use development district. Currently the area is occupied by several office towers, but little retail or housing. Also on the east side of the city is the Santa Ana Zoo, notable for its collection of monkeys and species from South and Central America.
Education
Santa Ana Unified School District includes thirty-seven K–5 elementary schools, nine 6–8 intermediate schools, eight 9–12 high schools, five special schools, and one charter school. The school district provides an online accountability report card.
Santa Ana Unified School District’s public high schools:
- Valley High School
- Middle College High School
- Santa Ana High School
- Saddleback High School
- Century High School
- Segerstrom Fundamental High School
- Godinez Fundamental High School
- Cesar E. Chavez High School
- Orange County High School of the Arts
- Mater Dei High School
Colleges
- Santa Ana College
- California Coast University
- the Orange County branch of the Art Institute of California.
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