Santa Ana High School
Public school in Santa Ana, California, United States
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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.[3]
TypePublic
MottoOnce a Saint, Always A Saint!
Established1889
School district
Santa Ana Unified School District| Santa Ana High School | |
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520 W. Walnut St. , California United States 33°44′38″N 117°52′24″W | |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Once a Saint, Always A Saint! |
| Established | 1889 |
School district | Santa Ana Unified School District |
Principal | Dr. Elizabeth Enloe |
Teaching staff | 135.18 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,135 (2022–23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 23.19[1] |
| Colors | Red, white, and Columbia blue |
| Mascot | Sammy & Sally Saint |
| Website | santaanahigh |
Notable alumni
- Daniel Antúnez, soccer player
- Barry Asher, professional bowler
- 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
- Billy Bean (1964–2024), played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995; tied a major league record with four hits in his first major league game[4]
- Tony Bellamy, guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number-one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love"
- Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five
- Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
- John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, associate director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD
- Gerald P. Carr, astronaut
- The Chantays, surf band, its original members: Bob Spickard, Brian Carman (co-writers of "Pipeline"), Bob Welch, Warren Waters and Rob Marshall
- Placida Gardner Chesley, bacteriologist
- Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six-time National League baseball home-run champion in the 1910s
- Jeff Cravath, college football coach
- Josephine Cruickshank, tennis player
- Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals
- Don Davis, NFL player
- Clancy Edwards, sprinter
- Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train dancer 1980–1993
- Delfín Jaranilla, Filipino magistrate
- James Kanno, first mayor of Fountain Valley, California
- Diane Keaton, actress
- Dana and Ginger Lamb, travel writers
- Greg Louganis, Olympic gold medal diver, LGBT activist, called "the greatest American diver in Olympic history"[5]
- Larry Lutz, NFL player
- Patrick McMorris, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins[6]
- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
- Gilbert Melendez, two-time California State All-American wrestler;[7] professional mixed martial artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC lightweight contender[8]
- Evylena Nunn Miller, painter
- Donn Moomaw, football player, minister[9]
- Jim Musick, NFL player, Orange County Sheriff from 1947 to 1975
- Ken Paff, co-founder and National Organizer of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- Hal Pangle (1912–1968), NFL running back[10]
- Frostee Rucker, NFL player
- Robert A. Schuller, televangelist
- Chuck Smith (class of 1945), founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa[11]
- Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles[12]
- William Cameron Townsend, 20th-century American Christian missionary; founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International)
- Jose Vasquez, soccer player
- Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist
- John Ward, football player
- Deana L. Weibel, anthropologist and author
