Taft Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Santa Ana, California, Taft Elementary educates 408 students from grades K through 6, operated by Santa Ana Unified.

Taft Elementary is one of 51 schools operated by Santa Ana Unified, a district that works with 35,993 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Taft Elementary lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Asian, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Taft Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 28.7%; actual is 13.8%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Taft Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taft Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 581 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 86% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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