Heritage Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Tustin, California, Heritage Elementary instructs 567 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Tustin Unified. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Heritage Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Tustin Unified, a district that educates 21,220 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Heritage Elementary records that the most-represented group is Asian (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 20% White, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Heritage Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 67.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Heritage Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sycamore Magnet Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

Heritage Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 24%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 567 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 24% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 29.6:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Heritage Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.