Overview
About Santa Tract
Santa Tract covers 99.1 acres and the city's address layer records 688 addresses inside the boundary across 818 parcels, on 3.56 miles of street. One hundred and fifty of those addresses carry a unit number, which at 22 percent is the highest share of attached housing among the twenty eight neighborhoods in this guide, and the zoning follows: 53.2 acres of 6,000 square foot one family residential lots, 21.9 acres of low density multifamily and 4.2 acres of medium density multifamily.
Twenty of the twenty four street names begin with Santa, from Santa Ana, Santa Anita and Santa Berta through Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz and Santa Isabel to Santa Teresa and Santa Valera, with Crescent, Knott, La Palma and Pierce around the edge. Mail carries the 90620 zip code, and the neighborhood feeds Buena Terra Elementary, Orangeview Junior High and Western High.
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How Santa Tract was built
Where the neighborhood next door runs through male saints, this one runs through female ones. Santa Berta, Santa Cecilia in spirit if not in name, Santa Elena, Santa Elvira, Santa Inez, Santa Irene, Santa Isabel, Santa Lucia, Santa Marta, Santa Rita, Santa Teresa and Santa Valera. Mixed in are the California place names everybody already knows, Santa Ana, Santa Anita, Santa Catalina, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Santa Paula, and Santa Cruz simply means holy cross.
One name on the list is doing more work than the rest. Santa Fe is not a saint but a railway, and the railway is the reason there is a town here at all. James A. Whitaker founded Buena Park in 1887 during the land boom that came with the construction of the first railroads through the district, and the Santa Fe rate war of that year is what put Orange County within reach of buyers from the east.
By the Numbers
Santa Tract by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Santa Tract lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Santa Tract
Santa Tract is served by Centralia Elementary School District and Anaheim Union High School District. Buena Terra Elementary takes the elementary grades, 627 students in grades K to 6, Orangeview Junior High takes the middle grades, 612 students in grades 7 to 8, and Western High takes the high school years, 1,446 students in grades 9 to 12. Attendance boundaries are set by the districts and can change with a boundary review, so confirm the campus for a specific address before it matters to an offer.
7-12 · 231 students
K-6 · 627 students
K-6 · 468 students
K-6 · 465 students
K-6 · 431 students
FAQs
Common questions about Santa Tract
How big is Santa Tract?
Measured against the boundary the City of Buena Park publishes, Santa Tract covers 99.1 acres. The city's address layer records 688 addresses inside it across 818 parcels.
What kind of housing is here?
The most attached housing of any neighborhood in this guide. One hundred and fifty of the 688 addresses carry a unit number on the city's record, which is 22 percent, and the city zones 21.9 acres low density multifamily and 4.2 acres medium density multifamily alongside 53.2 acres of 6,000 square foot one family residential lots.
When was Santa Tract built?
Four maps between January 1956 and June 1958 carrying 356 lots, then Tract 5117 on 28 February 1964, surveyed by C. J. Queyrel under license LS 2988, carrying 453 on its own. The county assessor dates 354 homes to the 1950s and 453 to the 1960s.
Why are the streets named the way they are?
Twenty of the twenty four street names on the city's own centerline layer begin with Santa, from Santa Ana, Santa Anita and Santa Berta through Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz and Santa Isabel to Santa Teresa and Santa Valera.
Which schools serve Santa Tract?
Elementary: Buena Terra Elementary, 627 students in grades K to 6; Middle: Orangeview Junior High, 612 students in grades 7 to 8; High: Western High, 1,446 students in grades 9 to 12. Those are the campuses the districts' own attendance boundaries put this community in. Assignment can change with a boundary review, so confirm the campus for a specific address with the district.