📍 1111 Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, Orange County, 92703
Heroes Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Santa Ana, Orange County. The school has 434 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rebecca Churnside. It is part of the Santa Ana Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Heroes Elementary enrolls 434 students across grades K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 430 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 434 students (89%) 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.
Heroes 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.
Heroes 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 434 students, Heroes Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 693 students per school.