Loma Vista Elementary

Set in Santa Ana, California, Loma Vista Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, one of the schools within Tustin Unified. It enrolls 433 students across grades K through 5.

Within Tustin Unified, which oversees 28 schools and 21,220 students, Loma Vista Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Loma Vista Elementary records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 23% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Loma Vista Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Loma Vista Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Loma Vista Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Loma Vista Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Guin Foss Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loma Vista Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Loma Vista Elementary has shrank 14%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

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