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Heritage Elementary

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Heritage Elementary ranks 3322 nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3322^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 43% of California elementary schools

Summary

Heritage Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 376 students in Santa Ana, part of the Garden Grove Unified School District, which has shown significant improvement over the last decade, rising from the 9th to the 43rd percentile in statewide ranking.

While the school is on a positive trajectory, its academic performance in English, math, and science currently lags behind the district average and nearby schools like R. F. Hazard Elementary and Thomas Paine Elementary. An interesting point is that Heritage spends more per student than most of these neighboring schools, yet this higher funding hasn't yet translated to higher test scores, a situation that raises questions about how resources are used. The school has made a remarkable turnaround in student attendance, dramatically reducing chronic absenteeism since the pandemic.

Heritage Elementary demonstrates a particular strength in teaching English Language Learner students, ranking in the 71st percentile for this group statewide. Performance varies considerably by grade, with 3rd-grade math being a relative strength and 4th-grade math an area needing attention. Being in the higher-performing Garden Grove Unified district is an advantage compared to schools in the neighboring Santa Ana Unified district, such as Andrew Jackson Elementary.

376

Students ?

23.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,620

Per pupil spending ?

96%

Free/discounted lunch ?

426 South Andres Pl.
Santa Ana, CA 92704-1123

(714) 663-6108

District: Garden Grove Unified

Students who attend Heritage Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate
High:	Los Amigos High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.5%

Asian:

10.4%

White:

1.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 40th percentile in 2013 → 43rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (34% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 12 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg53%

California avg41%

3,322^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 34 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

40^th of 44Elementary Schools in the Garden Grove Unified

403^rd of 1,543Garden Grove Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	3322 of 5857	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.2	3426 of 5869	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.5	3312 of 5859	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.9	3538 of 5883	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.3	4163 of 5789	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	4685 of 5662	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.8	3856 of 5692	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	28.2	3914 of 5614	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	15.2	5081 of 5611	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	40.0	3315 of 5530	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	48.3	2724 of 5390	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	42.3	3063 of 5377	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	41.3	3092 of 5314	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	45.5	2726 of 5193	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	29.4	3638 of 5113	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	27.7	3723 of 5113	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	28.3	3427 of 4818	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	36.9	2892 of 4822	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	36.4	2848 of 4809	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	18.1	2441 of 2585	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	55.6	905 of 3162	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	63.3	672 of 3245	79.3%	★★★★☆
2022	52.6	1069 of 3311	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.9	1928 of 3275	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.8	2330 of 3246	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.9	3400 of 5597	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.9	3205 of 5612	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.3	2940 of 5609	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.0	3493 of 5635	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.2	3885 of 5492	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.5	4342 of 5413	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.9	3025 of 5107	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	3234 of 5107	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.7	3081 of 5087	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.9	3228 of 5084	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.2	3748 of 4963	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	4253 of 4830	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.7	2609 of 5460	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.0	2821 of 5517	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.4	2596 of 5363	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.8	2615 of 5264	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	34.9	3518 of 5173	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.6	3942 of 5084	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.6	3013 of 5628	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.6	3372 of 5643	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.3	3455 of 5638	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.3	3340 of 5663	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.1	4013 of 5510	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	4657 of 5431	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)71st percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)52nd percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)46th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)41st percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2019)6th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy41%-8 vs state

Mathematics31%-6 vs state

Science20%-12 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, May 17, 2019

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by a student
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I attended Heritage a couple of years back. I have to say it was one of the best times of my life. I've met some amazing teachers as well as classmates. Even though Heritage is not the richest school, it still tried to provide us with the best. I remembered it was November of 2008, and we were going to science camp. Everyone thought that we would have to sit in those crappy school bus for 3 hours drive to the camp, but the school surprised us by raising enough money to get us the expensive tour bus. I honestly can say that everyone was very happy. Heritage was the best 6+ years of my childhood. If you give me a choice of going back in time to either go to Heritage or a rich school, I'd still pick Heritage. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Heritage Elementary	Public	K-6	426 South Andres Pl.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6108	376	16	23.5	96.0%	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	329 (87.5%)	39 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38.4	3322^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	43.3%		36.2	3426^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.6%	104	20.4	20.4	44.2	30.4	40.8	47.4	41.0	46.5	23.9	30.6	26.3	31.3			$21,620	$3,611	$18,009
Newhope Elementary	Public	K-6	4419 West Regent Dr.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6581	334	17	19.5	91.9%	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	263 (78.7%)	54 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	41.7	3088^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.3%		47.2	2725^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.6%	363	20.0	20.0	21.7	38.9	33.3	61.4	39.2	25.0	43.2	33.3	45.6	36.3			$19,926	$1,704	$18,222
Rosita Elementary	Public	K-6	4726 Hazard Ave.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6418	305	12	25.2	89.5%	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	210 (68.9%)	88 (28.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	47.9	2713^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.7%		64.9	1822^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	69.0%	891	25.9	25.9	25.0	46.7	48.2	52.9	44.0	45.0	56.7	25.9	37.3	38.9			$19,055	$1,710	$17,345
R. F. Hazard Elementary	Public	K-6	4218 West Hazard Ave.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6403	383	16	23.9	91.4%	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	284 (74.2%)	88 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	75.6	1349^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.0%		76.4	1319^th of 5869 public elementary schools	77.5%	30	23.1	23.1	49.0	58.5	63.5	79.6	63.1	68.6	60.5	53.9	58.9	60.4			$17,704	$1,569	$16,135
Edward Russell Elementary	Public	K-6	600 South Jackson St.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6151	473	15	32.0	92.8%	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	452 (95.6%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22.3	4651^st of 5857 public elementary schools	20.6%		29.3	3994^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.9%	657	24.1	24.1	16.3	25.4	33.3	33.9	27.7	22.5	22.4	25.9	16.9	21.7			$17,360	$1,688	$15,672
James Monroe Elementary	Public	K-6	16225 Newhope St.	Fountain Valley	92708	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6264	555	23	24.6	69.2%	28 (5.0%)	2 (0.4%)	491 (88.5%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	60.3	2052^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	65.0%		59.9	2069^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.7%	17	29.5	29.5	39.7	51.5	50.0	61.0	50.2	50.0	48.5	33.9	64.4	49.0	97.0	97.0	$16,399	$1,473	$14,926
Thomas Paine Elementary	Public	K-6	15792 Ward St.	Garden Grove	92843	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6118	428	19	22.5	72.2%	8 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	149 (34.8%)	240 (56.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (5.8%)	89.9	659^th of 5857 public elementary schools	88.7%		86.2	897^th of 5869 public elementary schools	84.7%	238	57.7	57.7	83.0	66.7	75.0	66.7	72.3	83.0	63.5	78.9	54.7	69.3			$23,579	$3,222	$20,357
Susan B. Anthony Elementary	Public	K-6	15320 Pickford St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6104	332	14	23.6	73.2%	19 (5.7%)	2 (0.6%)	91 (27.4%)	202 (60.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	87.7	789^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.5%		86.8	874^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.1%	85	45.2	45.2	73.1	68.8	66.7	73.0	70.7	75.0	73.5	52.4	60.6	65.6			$17,310	$1,635	$15,675
Post Elementary	Public	K-6	14641 Ward St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6354	338	13	25.8	80.8%	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (33.1%)	210 (62.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	81.9	1079^th of 5857 public elementary schools	81.6%		84.7	960^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.6%	119	36.4	36.4	56.5	57.1	59.1	73.4	62.6	67.4	69.4	59.1	70.3	67.0			$18,338	$1,688	$16,650
Morningside Elementary	Public	K-6	10521 Morningside Dr.	Garden Grove	92843	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6328	416	17	24.4	76.0%	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	138 (33.2%)	254 (61.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	11 (2.6%)	80.6	1135^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.6%		81.2	1103^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	81.2%	32	41.8	41.8	44.2	60.7	58.2	80.3	63.5	58.1	71.4	50.9	77.6	66.1			$16,936	$1,356	$15,580

Frequently Asked Questions about Heritage Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Heritage Elementary?

Students at Heritage Elementary are 88% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 2% White.

How many students attend Heritage Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 376 students attended Heritage Elementary.

Is Heritage Elementary a good school?

Heritage Elementary ranks 3322^nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Heritage Elementary attend?

Students who attend Heritage Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Stephen R. Fitz Intermediate
High : Los Amigos High

What district is Heritage Elementary in?

Garden Grove Unified

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