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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Heron, Sacramento, CA

Heron is a public elementary school in Sacramento, part of Natomas Unified. It enrolled 977 students in 2024-25, with 22.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
977
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
22.7
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 22.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.7
District22.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
5151 Banfield Dr., Sacramento, CA 95835
Phone
(916)567-5680
District
Natomas Unified
County
Sacramento County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
060003611734
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
296
Reduced-price lunch
47
Free or reduced-price lunch
34335.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
233Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Natomas Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Sacramento

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.