Heroes Elementary

Set in Santa Ana, California, Heroes Elementary is a moderately sized primary school, one of the schools within Santa Ana Unified. It hosts 396 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 51 schools in Santa Ana Unified (35,993 students total), Heroes Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Heroes Elementary logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Heroes Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Heroes Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Heroes Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Wilson Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Heroes Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Heroes Elementary's enrollment has edged down 33% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 396). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.3:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Heroes Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.