📍 2450 W. Alton, Santa Ana, Orange County, 92704
Jim Thorpe Fundamental is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Santa Ana, Orange County. The school has 825 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Meg Greene. It is part of the Santa Ana Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
Jim Thorpe Fundamental enrolls 825 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% Asian and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 730 | 88% |
| Asian | 51 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 2.5% |
| White | 18 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 825 students (57%) 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.
Jim Thorpe Fundamental 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.
Jim Thorpe Fundamental 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 825 students, Jim Thorpe Fundamental is larger than the district average of about 693 students per school.
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