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Orange Unified School District
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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.
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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].
- Cerro Villa Middle School
- El Rancho Charter Middle School
- Portola Middle School
- Santiago Charter Middle School
- Yorba Middle School
- 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
- Canyon Hills School
- Parkside School
- Richland High School
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)
- 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.