The county's average was not computed, but every local district except Santa Ana Unified bested California and U.S. average scores on the math segment. On the verbal portion, Santa Ana Unified, Garden Grove Unified and Anaheim Union-the three districts with the largest number of students whose native language is not English-were the only districts in Orange County to fall below state and national averages.

Orange County's largest district, Santa Ana Unified, had the county's lowest scores: 335 on the verbal test (down from 344 last year) and 428 on the math (down from 436 in 1993). One quarter of Santa Ana's Class of 1994 took the SAT.

Laguna Beach Unified posted the county's highest average verbal score, 471. Irvine Unified, traditionally among statewide leaders in all test scores, had by far the best math average, 578, nearly 100 points higher than the national average of 479 and more than 25 points higher than the closest competitor among Orange County districts.