The Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) is the 14th-largest school district in

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. It includes boundaries in

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, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton, and

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. The district includes forty-eight elementary schools, ten intermediate schools, eight high schools, two

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schools, and two continuation schools. It was formed in July 1965 from the merger of three districts: the Garden Grove Elementary School District (established 1875), the Alamitos School District (1880s) and the Garden Grove Union High School District (1921). In 2004, the district received the

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. Twice before, it had been a Broad Prize finalist. In 2016, the district received 1st in Mathematics for the statewide SBAC, and 2nd in ELA behind San Francisco. In 2017, the GGUSD Board of Education announced that it would launch its Vietnamese dual immersion program the following year at John Murdy Elementary School, becoming the fourth school district in the

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to do so. The district superintendent is Dr. Gabriela Mafi.

Career and technical education

* CTE

Adult education

* LEC Adult Education

Special education

* The Adult Transition Program at Jordan * Special Education Center at Mark Twain

High schools

Bolsa Grande High School Bolsa Grande High School is a public high school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in Garden Grove, in southern California, United States. The school opened on September 28, 1959. The school's nickname is the Matadors. Academics Bols ...

Garden Grove High School Garden Grove High School is a public high school located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District and serves the northeast portion of the city and a small portion of southern Anaheim. History The G ...

* Hare Continuation High School * La Quinta High School * Los Amigos High School * Pacifica High School *

Rancho Alamitos High School Rancho Alamitos High School is in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District and serves north-central Garden Grove and a section of Stanton. The high school first opened in the spring of 1957 with no se ...

* Santiago High School

Intermediate schools

* Alamitos Intermediate * Bell Intermediate * Doig Intermediate * Fitz Intermediate Computer Science Adcademy * Irvine Intermediate * Jordan Intermediate * Lake Intermediate * McGarvin Intermediate * Ralston Intermediate * Walton Intermediate

Preschool and Elementary schools

* Allen Elementary * Anthony Elementary * Barker Elementary * Brookhurst Elementary * Bryant Elementary * Carrillo Elementary * Carver Early Childhood Education * Clinton Elementary * Clinton Corner Family Campus * Cook Elementary * Crosby Elementary * Eisenhower Elementary * Enders Elementary * Evans Elementary * Excelsior Elementary * Faylane Elementary * Garden Park Elementary * Gilbert Elementary * Hazard Elementary * Heritage Elementary Computer Science Immersion Academy * Merton E. Hill Elementary * Lawrence Elementary * Marshall Elementary * Mitchell Elementary * Monroe Elementary Language Academy * Morningside Elementary * Murdy Elementary * Newhope Elementary * Northcutt Elementary * Paine Elementary * Parkview Elementary * Patton Elementary * Peters K-3 Elementary * Peters 4-6 Elementary * Post Elementary * Riverdale Elementary * Rosita Elementary * Russell Elementary Language Academy * Simmons Elementary * Skylark Preschool * Stanford Elementary * Stanley Elementary * Sunnyside Elementary * Violette Elementary * Wakeham Elementary * Warren Elementary * Woodbury Elementary * Zeyen Elementary

References

External links

* {{Orange County, California School districts in Orange County, California Education in Garden Grove, California Garden Grove, California School districts established in 1965 1965 establishments in California Stanton, California