Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001849
Heritage Elementary
426 South Andres Pl., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 663-6108 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
361 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +26.0pp since 2014
Math
31.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.9% | 25.1% | 25.1% | 33.9% |
| Math | 11.8% | 19.5% | 27.7% | 41.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 28.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 28.7% |
| 2021-22 | 35.7% | 26.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.8% | 30.8% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 31.4% | 28.6% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 14.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Elementary this school | 376 | 96.0% | 34.8% |
| De Anza Elementary Baldwin Park | 421 | 94.3% | 36.2% |
| Cantara Street Elementary Reseda | 357 | 94.4% | 41.8% |
| Danbrook Elementary Anaheim | 433 | 95.8% | 42.1% |
| Terrace Elementary Delano | 363 | 90.9% | 36.8% |
| Northam Elementary La Puente | 369 | 94.9% | 24.0% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Heritage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #2,975 of 5,151 | #291 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,097 of 5,172 ▲ 99 | #296 of 382 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,822 of 5,172 ▲ 139 | #283 of 382 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,651 of 5,116 | #112 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,983 of 5,915 | #314 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,363 of 5,352 | #180 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #4,311 of 5,354 | #324 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #318 of 5,625 | #8 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,592 of 3,837 | #145 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 23.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | 96% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 15 | 24.5:1 | 94% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 15 | 24.3:1 | 94% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | 89% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 19 | 24.3:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 90% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | N/A | N/A | 91% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 788 | 36 | 21.9:1 | 84% (662) |
| 1990-91 | 792 | 29 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (461 to 376); teachers down 16% (19 to 16).
About Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary is an elementary school in Santa Ana, California, reachable at (714) 663-6108. It teaches 376 students in kindergarten through 6.
Federal data list 64 schools in Garden Grove Unified, with 36,994 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at Heritage Elementary is Hispanic, at 88%. After that, the student body is 10% Asian. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
Its staff includes 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 96% of students at Heritage Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Heritage Elementary outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Heritage Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.8% is 11.5 points above the 23.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Orange County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Heritage Elementary from the closest public school, Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Heritage Elementary ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 34.8% versus a 46.6% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 4 years, from 391 in 2020-21 to 376 in 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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Other Heritage Elementary schools
47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary is the 40th largest of the 48.
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Nearby schools
- Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate0.3 mi · 534
- Newhope Elementary0.6 mi · 334
- Rosita Elementary0.8 mi · 305
- R. F. Hazard Elementary0.8 mi · 383
- Edward Russell Elementary0.9 mi · 473
- College and Career Preparatory Academy0.9 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Heritage Elementary serve?
Heritage Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Heritage Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heritage Elementary is approximately 23.5:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 10% Asian.
Who oversees Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary is overseen by Garden Grove Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.