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Martin R. Heninger Elementary

Public Grades K-8
4255th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 27% of California elementary schools
Summary

Martin R. Heninger Elementary serves 783 students in grades K–8 in Santa Ana, California. In 2025–26, about a third of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), about one in five in math, and about one in five in science. The most important takeaway is that Heninger is among the strongest nearby Santa Ana Unified schools on these tests, but remains well below California averages in every subject.

Heninger’s nearby test results are a relative strength: it ranked second among the eight nearby Santa Ana Unified schools with results in ELA, math, and science. Its proficiency rates were 33% in ELA, 21% in math, and 20% in science, each within about a point of the district rate; the state rates were 49%, 38%, and 36%. ELA is its strongest subject relative to the state, while math is its weakest. Attendance stands out as a concern: 25% of students were chronically absent in 2025–26, compared with 19% districtwide and 18% statewide, and the rate was higher than at every nearby Santa Ana Unified school listed.

Results have improved since 2022–23: proficiency rose 7 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 8 in science, though math did not keep pace with state improvement. SchoolDigger’s statewide rank rose from the 17th percentile in 2024–25 to the 27th in 2025–26, while the school remained at 1 star. In 2024–25, its student-teacher ratio was 21.4, and 95% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show a comparatively stronger result for Special Education Students: the group ranked at the 41st statewide percentile in 2024–25, versus 17th overall. Its English Language Learner Students ranking fell from the 61st percentile in 2022–23 to the 35th in 2023–24, a 26-point drop.

783
Students ?
21.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,650
Per pupil spending ?
94.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 417 West Walnut St.
       Santa Ana, CA  92701-5562

(714) 953-3800

District: Santa Ana Unified


Students who attend Martin R. Heninger Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Willard Intermediate
High:    Santa Ana High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
98.2%
Asian:
0.6%
American Indian:
0.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2015 → 27th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Mathematics scores 17 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school26%
District avg26%
California avg42%
Elementary school
4,255th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,992nd of 2,703
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 26%▲ up 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of California Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 37Elementary Schools in the Santa Ana Unified
798th of 968Santa Ana 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.64255 of 580426.7%★☆☆☆☆
202519.64866 of 585716.9%★☆☆☆☆
202423.54530 of 586922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202322.74587 of 585921.7%★☆☆☆☆
202223.04546 of 588322.7%★☆☆☆☆
201920.74733 of 578918.2%★☆☆☆☆
201825.74182 of 566226.1%★☆☆☆☆
201723.74365 of 569223.3%★☆☆☆☆
201620.94545 of 561419.0%★☆☆☆☆
201520.04632 of 561117.4%★☆☆☆☆
201346.12923 of 553047.1%★★☆☆☆
201245.12943 of 539045.4%★★☆☆☆
201153.22398 of 537755.4%★★★☆☆
201049.22604 of 531451.0%★★★☆☆
200949.82498 of 519351.9%★★★☆☆
200826.03892 of 511323.9%★☆☆☆☆
200722.04127 of 511319.3%★☆☆☆☆
200621.03926 of 481818.5%★☆☆☆☆
200523.63717 of 482222.9%★☆☆☆☆
200424.83583 of 480925.5%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202223.71818 of 222718.4%★☆☆☆☆
201934.71550 of 258540.0%★★☆☆☆
201829.21484 of 212830.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202436.72053 of 316235.1%★★☆☆☆
202348.91250 of 324561.5%★★★☆☆
202238.91877 of 331143.3%★★☆☆☆
201930.62451 of 327525.2%★☆☆☆☆
201829.52431 of 324625.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.74114 of 556926.1%★☆☆☆☆
202517.34917 of 559712.1%★☆☆☆☆
202426.24139 of 561226.2%★☆☆☆☆
202320.04694 of 560916.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.44462 of 563520.8%★☆☆☆☆
201921.04536 of 549217.4%★☆☆☆☆
201824.34215 of 541322.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202637.03203 of 508537.0%★★☆☆☆
202527.03967 of 510722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202433.73440 of 510732.6%★★☆☆☆
202332.73478 of 508731.6%★★☆☆☆
202232.83454 of 508432.1%★★☆☆☆
201929.83706 of 496325.3%★☆☆☆☆
201836.23124 of 483035.3%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202538.1288 of 42932.9%★★☆☆☆
202446.9186 of 36448.9%★★☆☆☆
202329.8269 of 33519.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202635.53527 of 541234.8%★★☆☆☆
202526.04275 of 546021.7%★☆☆☆☆
202429.73989 of 551727.7%★☆☆☆☆
202328.54029 of 536324.9%★☆☆☆☆
202231.33723 of 526429.3%★☆☆☆☆
201928.73966 of 517323.3%★☆☆☆☆
201834.93406 of 508433.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.53988 of 559028.7%★☆☆☆☆
202523.04470 of 562820.6%★☆☆☆☆
202422.24515 of 564320.0%★☆☆☆☆
202326.54083 of 563827.6%★☆☆☆☆
202225.84160 of 566326.5%★☆☆☆☆
201920.94577 of 551016.9%★☆☆☆☆
201827.33910 of 543128.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202630.02054 of 292029.7%★☆☆☆☆
202535.51683 of 284740.9%★★☆☆☆
202423.42212 of 263516.1%★☆☆☆☆
202320.12191 of 24209.5%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.61992 of 270326.3%★☆☆☆☆
202523.12092 of 276124.2%★☆☆☆☆
202426.71969 of 278329.2%★☆☆☆☆
202319.92264 of 278118.6%★☆☆☆☆
202220.72183 of 274020.3%★☆☆☆☆
201922.42088 of 271523.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.71829 of 248026.3%★☆☆☆☆
201726.61783 of 250828.9%★☆☆☆☆
201618.92062 of 249717.4%★☆☆☆☆
201517.02118 of 247714.5%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202217.71507 of 15311.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201951.3532 of 149164.3%★★★☆☆
201833.8835 of 136939.0%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202435.7916 of 147838.0%★★☆☆☆
202341.1735 of 152151.7%★★★☆☆
202233.21064 of 154030.9%★★☆☆☆
201927.41264 of 144212.3%★☆☆☆☆
201828.91052 of 136422.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.41760 of 248329.1%★☆☆☆☆
202520.72039 of 253319.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.91726 of 255132.3%★★☆☆☆
202316.62234 of 253111.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.12067 of 250917.6%★☆☆☆☆
201917.42028 of 238014.8%★☆☆☆☆
201819.81851 of 226218.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.41536 of 232533.9%★★☆☆☆
202531.21598 of 239533.3%★★☆☆☆
202436.31428 of 238840.2%★★☆☆☆
202327.21742 of 237426.6%★☆☆☆☆
202228.61681 of 235928.7%★☆☆☆☆
201931.01510 of 221331.8%★★☆☆☆
201834.11366 of 207234.1%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202543.6248 of 47748.0%★★☆☆☆
202449.0164 of 39458.4%★★★☆☆
202342.4156 of 32051.3%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.91671 of 249333.0%★★☆☆☆
202530.91723 of 254232.2%★★☆☆☆
202433.31640 of 257936.4%★★☆☆☆
202325.61939 of 253123.4%★☆☆☆☆
202229.91700 of 245830.8%★★☆☆☆
201930.51670 of 236929.5%★☆☆☆☆
201834.11460 of 223034.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202623.81877 of 247824.3%★☆☆☆☆
202526.21822 of 253428.1%★☆☆☆☆
202425.61846 of 255227.7%★☆☆☆☆
202325.01860 of 253826.7%★☆☆☆☆
202222.41963 of 252722.3%★☆☆☆☆
201926.71732 of 240728.0%★☆☆☆☆
201829.71538 of 227332.3%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.01534 of 15863.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202520.31449 of 15667.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.51193 of 155223.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.21381 of 15319.8%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
Hispanic (2026)37th percentile+10 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile+12 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile+8 vs school
Homeless (2025)33rd percentile+16 vs school
Special Education (2026)30th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)29th percentile~ school
Female (2026)26th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)18th percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
Homeless (2025)48th percentile+24 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)38th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2026)34th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)29th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)24th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)3rd percentile-23 vs school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state
Mathematics21%-17 vs state
Science20%-16 vs state

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Martin R. Heninger Elementary ranks 4255th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 783 students attended Martin R. Heninger Elementary.

Students at Martin R. Heninger Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

Students who attend Martin R. Heninger Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Willard Intermediate
High : Santa Ana High

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