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Robert Heideman Elementary

Tustin Unified Tustin Orange County 92780
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
954 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
490 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
97%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 94.3%
White 1.2%
Asian 1.4%
Black 0.6%
Other 2.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Robert Heideman Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.1%
Met Standard17.9%
Below Standard71.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "29% proficient" for Robert Heideman Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.1% of students exceeded standard while 17.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 23.3 points below the Tustin Unified district average of 34.3%. The 28 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 13.1% exceeded — 2.1 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 15.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 17.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
29.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-15.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
17.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
954
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 66 12.1% 16.7% 24.2% 47.0% 28.8%
4th 89 14.6% 15.7% 16.9% 52.8% 30.3%
5th 82 7.3% 17.1% 25.6% 50.0% 24.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 67 16.4% 29.9% 29.9% 23.9% 46.3%
4th 90 8.9% 15.6% 38.9% 36.7% 24.4%
5th 83 7.2% 13.3% 33.7% 45.8% 20.5%