ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

'Orange Unified School District' ('OUSD') is a public school district headquartered in Orange, California.
Orange USD serves the cities of Orange and Villa Park, the unincorporated land of Silverado, and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana, California. Its student enrollment during the 2004-2005 school year was 31,600.

Contents
District Schools
High schools
Middle schools
Elementary schools
Special Schools
Teachers of the Year
External links

District Schools


The District is comprised of 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''.[1][2][3] 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 the No Child Left Behind sanctions [4].
High schools


Canyon High School

El Modena High School

Orange High School

Villa Park High School
Middle schools


★ Cerro Villa Middle School

★ El Rancho Charter Middle School

★ Portola Middle School

★ Santiago Charter Middle School

★ Yorba Middle School
Elementary schools


Anaheim Hills Elementary

California Elementary

Cambridge Elementary

Canyon Rim Elementary

Chapman Hills Elementary

Crescent Intermediate Elementary

Crescent Primary Elementary

Esplanade Elementary

Fairhaven Elementary

Fletcher Elementary

Handy Elementary

Imperial Elementary

Jordan Elementary

La Veta Elementary

Lampson Elementary

Linda Vista Elementary

McPherson Magnet

Nohl Canyon Elementary

Olive Elementary

Palmyra Elementary

Panorama Elementary

Prospect Elementary

Riverdale Elementary

Running Springs Elementary

Serrano Elementary

Silverado Elementary

Sycamore Elementary

Taft Elementary

Villa Park Elementary

West Orange Elementary
Special Schools


Canyon Hills School

Parkside School

Richland High School

Teachers of the Year


In the Orange Unified School District, the 2005 Teachers of the Year were:

★ ''High School''- Jennifer Howard of El Modena High School (Social Science and AVID)

★ ''Elementary School''


★ ''Grades 4-6''- Chip Kavanaugh of Olive Elementary School (6th Grade Academy)


★ ''Grades K-3''- Linda Schleiger of Nohl Canyon Elementary (First Grade)

External links



Orange Unified School District: Homepage

Greater Orange News Service - Leading News Service Covering OUSD

The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools: 2005, By Jay Mathews, ''Newsweek'', 5 Aug 2005.

The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools: 2004, By Jay Mathews, ''Newsweek'', 16 May 2004.

The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools: 2003, By Jay Mathews ''Newsweek'', 24 May 2003.

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