Red Hill Elementary

Set in Santa Ana, California, Red Hill Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, run under Tustin Unified. It instructs 436 students across grades K through 5.

Tustin Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 21,220 students. Red Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Red Hill Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Red Hill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Red Hill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Foothill High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Red Hill Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.9%.

Red Hill Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Red Hill Elementary's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 556 (now 436). White enrollment moved from 61% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.