Romero-Cruz Academy

Set in Santa Ana, California, Romero-Cruz Academy is a big primary school, overseen by Santa Ana Unified. It caters to 827 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 78% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Demographically, Romero-Cruz Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Romero-Cruz Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 10.2%, a residual of -12.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Romero-Cruz Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Vista Condor Global Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Romero-Cruz Academy. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Romero-Cruz Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Romero-Cruz Academy's enrollment has grew 290% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 827). Class-load math has fell: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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