Public school in Santa Ana, California, United States
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520 W. Walnut St. , California
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Public |
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Motto | Once a Saint, Always A Saint! |
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Established | 1889 |
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Santa Ana Unified School District |
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Principal | Elizabeth Enloe |
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Teaching staff | 135.18 (FTE)
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Grades | 9-12 |
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Enrollment | 3,135 (2022–23)
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Student to teacher ratio | 23.19
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Color(s) | Red, White, and Columbia Blue
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Mascot | Sammy & Sally Saint |
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Website |
Santa Ana HS |
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Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in
Orange County, California, United States.
[2] The school was established in 1889.
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Notable alumni
- Original members of the surf band
The Chantays
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Barry Asher, professional bowler
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Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of
Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Star Tours, the
Indiana Jones Adventure,
Splash Mountain, and
Journey Into Imagination.
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Billy Bean, played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game.
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Tony Bellamy Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band
Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love"
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Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band
We Five
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Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
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John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD
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Gerald P. Carr, astronaut
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Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six time National League baseball home run champion in the 1910s
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Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals
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Clancy Edwards sprinter
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Derek Fleming, featured
Soul Train Dancer 1980-1993
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James Kanno, first mayor of
Fountain Valley, California
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Diane Keaton, actress
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Greg Louganis Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LGBT Activist, called "The greatest American diver in olympic history."
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Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of
The Righteous Brothers singing duo
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Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler;
[5] professional
Mixed Martial Artist; former
WEC and
Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current
UFC Lightweight contender
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Donn Moomaw, football player, minister
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Chuck Smith class of 1945 founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa
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Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles
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William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and founder of
Wycliffe Bible Translators and
Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International)
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Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist.
External links
33°44′40″N 117°52′21″W / 33.744513°N 117.872432°W / 33.744513; -117.872432
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