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Century High School

1401 South Grand Ave., Santa Ana, CA, 92705-4408 -

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Definition of Terms

Century High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2611 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

85 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 833 students

Grade 10 - 707 students

Grade 11 - 575 students

Grade 12 - 496 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:31

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	1%	3%
% Asian	3%	8%
% Hispanic	94%	39%
% Black	n/a	9%
% White	1%	36%
% Unknown	1 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

56%

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

13%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Santa Ana Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	60	7
Number of Students Managed	59,343 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$539,738,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$573,042,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,095	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$9,656	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Former Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student, 17 (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
posted on October 24, 2009 at 05:41:40 pm
A former teacher at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana is free on $50,000 bail and faces charges of having sex with a 17-year-old student and vandalizing his car.
Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
posted on October 24, 2009 at 12:57:57 am
A female teacher at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana was charged on Friday with having sex with a 17-year-old male student, prosecutors said.
Century's Crego leads by example (Orange County Register)
posted on July 7, 2009 at 12:23:39 am
New head football coach, Ted Crego, motivates his team without saying a word.
MLS' Best Headline Busy Soccer Weekend (LAist)
posted on April 18, 2009 at 03:19:35 pm
Photo by fuzzcat via Flickr This weekend may go down as the first annual Southern California Soccer Weekend due to the breadth of options available to fans. Quite an impressive feat in many ways, especially considering the status of the sport in the U.S. a mere 15 years ago when MLS didn't even exist. The soccer packed weekend begins with the first annual Fred Walker Cup charity soccer ...
Soccer For A Cause This Weekend (LAist)
posted on April 13, 2009 at 09:27:39 pm
Photo by Ctd 2005 via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The Santa Ana Host Lions Club hosts the inaugural Fred Walker Cup charity soccer tournament on Saturday, April 18th at Century High School in Santa Ana. The tournament is the brainchild of Juan Carlos Centeno and his family, who consider it a tribute to the late Fred Walker Sr. and his work. Walker, a long time Lions Club member and ...

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Century High School is located in Santa Ana, California. It is one of the smallest campuses in Orange County, built to house 30,000 students.It was built in 1989. Its mascot is the Centurion, and the school colors are blue, silver, and green.
Century's current administration is made up of one school principal (Ms. Margie Salcedo) and four assistant principals (Mrs. Maria Gumucio, Mr. Roger Fraiser, Mrs. Marie McDonald and Mrs. Rubio).
Student Body
The school's student body is largely homogeneous and reflects the overwhelmingly Latino ethnic makeup of the surrounding community. It is composed of roughly 93% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% Caucasian, 0.5% African American, 0.3% other and mixed and includes 7 different languages spoken. Student life can be seen on the morning broadcast that the school produces every day. [1]
The school is also home to many clubs and organizations such as the Academic Decathlon, MESA (Math, Engineering, and Science), a Model United Nations program, NJROTC (but is housed at Santa Ana High School due to the low number of participants from Century High School), Mock Trial, Junior Varsity and Varsity Cheerleading teams, a Marching Band, Concert, & Jazz Band, Color Guard and Drum Line groups, Orchestra musicians, Women's Chorus and Chamber Singers, and TEACH & E-Business Academies, all which have won district, county, state, and nationwide competitions. Their music groups (band, choir, etc.) constantly achieve awards every year.
Name
The school's name, which was chosen in a contest among Santa Ana high school students in 1989, reflects the fact that it was founded in 1989, one hundred years after the founding of the cityof Santa Ana.
Sports
Century High School holds many different physical activities in which students are encouraged to join. Century High School's sports team include Football, girls and boys Soccer, girls and boys tennis, track and field, cross country, boys and girls volleyball, softball, baseball, waterpolo and some smaller branches of physical education such as dance, songpom, cheer, NJROTC , colorguard and polynesian dancing. Century's Cheer and Colorguard members are recognized for their achievements in making to Nationals and for their spirit and motivation.
Academics
Century High School is not known for their academic achievement, but within the last two years, their CST scores have gone higher than expected and have improved greatly, going from at least a very low score to above average in a matter of two years. Classes include the four necessary subjects to extra-curricular activities.
-Math-Algebra (Honors)Geometry (Honors and AP)Algebra 2 (Honors and AP)Probability and StatisticsMath AnalysisCalculus
-English-English 1-2 (CP, Honors and AP)English 3-4 (CP, Honors and AP)English 5-6 (CP, Honors and AP)English 7-8 (CP, Honors and AP)
-Science-Earth ScienceBiology (Honors and AP)Chemistry (Honors and AP)Physics (Honors and AP)Human anatomy
-History-World Geography and College Career Planning (M.U.N optional)World History (MUN, Honors and AP)American History (MUN, Honors and AP)Government and Economics (MUN, Honors and AP)
-Arts-Band, Choir, Art, Theate, etc.
-Extra curricular-NJROTC, MUN, Broadcasting, Journalism, USB, Office aide, sports, etc.
External links
Century High School website
Century High School SAUSD Page

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