2139 Greenleaf St
Santa Ana, CA 92706

I love this school. We are a low income, inner-city school with about 40% of our students being English Language Learners and 10% are students with special needs. Our scores reflect those challenges. What scores don't reflect is that our kids are loved. There are extraordinary teachers at Santa Ana High School. We put relationships first. Our kids know everyday that they are safe, they are cared for and they are loved. We send kids to Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, USC, Berkeley--every year, but we also work miracles with the kids that are struggling in every conceivable way to find their talent, believe in their worth and find a way to be successful--which doesn't always come from a four-year university for all kids. I'm not just saying this because I teach there, I'm saying it because it's true and I am honored and humbled to be a part of this school every damn day.

this school is HORRIBLE first off. I'm in 8th grade this year and i have been here since kindergarten and I can say confidently everyone i know that are students are at a 3rd grade reading level, hell some of my friends who have been here since they were in kinder as well, they cant even read. they do not support people with disabilities, one of my autistic friends who went here a couple years ago didn't learn anything she was supposed to be learning. for example in sixth grade she was still doing first grade math, they did NOT try at all to help her bet at where everyone else was at. the school only harshly punishes people if they get called out on it, otherwise they will only get suspended, I got Sexually assaulted in sixth grade by this boy and they only suspended him without any further action at ALL and then they put me in detention because I shoved him away in self protection. they rarely do anything to actively protect students against violence, hell they don't even do anything when students fight each other its horrible. there is a huge bullying and racism problem at this school and they do NOTHING at all to stop it. I would never recommend this school to anyone, please choose a different school.

Its a mid school. The academic arts are good. The teachers are alright. The area isn't the best. The school itself needs a reset. Too many fights and violence happens every week at willard. There will always be someone vaping or selling vapes/substances in the bathroom. Too much beef and drama happens at this and all the middle schools. More security is needed rather than just a few 3-5 security guards. Mostly everyone that attends willard dresses in a gang way, baggy pants, shirts, beanies you get it, there needs to be better dress code policies in place. And have i not mention, students are always willing to talk back in cause trouble towards teachers and security. They need a good principle that can actually start taking action against this behavior and talk to parents on how to discipline their son/daughter correctly.