Santa Elena is a district of the La Cruz canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.
Santa Elena has an area of km<sup>2</sup> and an elevation of metres.
Administrative center of the district is the village of Cuajiniquil.
Other villages in the district are Cedros, Guaria, Puerto Castilla and Rabo de Mico (Aguacaliente).
For the 2011 census, Santa Elena had a population of inhabitants.
The district is covered by the following road routes: