Heredia-Arriaga

Heredia-Arriaga is a close-knit K-5 school in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Natomas Unified. The school works with 223 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 52% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Heredia-Arriaga is one of 20 schools operated by Natomas Unified, a district that serves 14,902 students overall.

On demographics, Heredia-Arriaga lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Heredia-Arriaga logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Heredia-Arriaga qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Heredia-Arriaga is one.

Natomas Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Heredia-Arriaga.

Heredia-Arriaga operates from a downtown location.

On the community side, members of the Heredia-Arriaga community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.