📍 1512 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, Orange County, 92703
REACH Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Santa Ana, Orange County. The school has 226 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brent Nagele. It is part of the Santa Ana Unified school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
REACH Academy enrolls 226 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 51% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 218 | 97% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
178 of the school's 226 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
REACH Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
REACH Academy is one of 52 schools in Santa Ana Unified, based in Santa Ana, California. The district serves 36,036 students district-wide and employs 1,958 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 226 students, REACH Academy is smaller than the district average of about 693 students per school.