📍 500 W. Keller, Santa Ana, Orange County, 92707
Taft Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Santa Ana, Orange County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kimberly Garcia. It is part of the Santa Ana Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Taft Elementary enrolls 429 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% White and 4.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 379 | 88% |
| White | 21 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 19 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
314 of the school's 429 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Taft Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Taft Elementary is one of 52 schools in Santa Ana Unified, based in Santa Ana, California. The district serves 36,036 students district-wide and employs 1,958 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 429 students, Taft Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 693 students per school.