List of public school districts in Orange County, California
Community College Districts
- Coast Community College District
- North Orange County Community College District
- Rancho Santiago Community College District
- South Orange County Community College District
Unified School Districts
Unified school districts cover all educational stages from pre-Kindergarten to the 12th grade.
- Brea Olinda Unified School District
- Capistrano Unified School District
- Garden Grove Unified School District
- Irvine Unified School District
- Laguna Beach Unified School District
- Los Alamitos Unified School District
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District
- Orange Unified School District
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
- Rowland Unified School District<!--The US Census Bureau gets data from states and puts them into maps. The agency lists all K-12 SDs with any territory in a given county, even if the schools/admin buildings are in another county. The census identifies Rowland Unified School District as having territory in Orange County. On Sheet 1 (PDF p. 2/5) of https://www2.census.gov:443/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06059_orange/DC20SD_C06059.pdf a small area is indicated as "UNI 33750" which is Rowland USD.-->
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- Santa Ana Unified School District
- Tustin Unified School District
Union High School Districts
Union high school districts encompass various elementary school districts.