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.

1 District Schools
2 Teachers of the Year
3 References

[edit] 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]].

[edit] High schools

[edit] Middle schools

Cerro Villa Middle School
El Rancho Charter Middle School**,
Santiago Charter Middle School
Yorba Middle School

**The school was converted into a charter school during its 28th year.

[edit] 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

[edit] Special Schools

Canyon Hills School
Parkside School
Richland High School

[edit] 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)