Adams Elementary

As a small elementary school in Santa Ana, California, Adams Elementary educates 320 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Santa Ana Unified. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Santa Ana Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 35,993 students, Adams Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Adams Elementary lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Adams Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Adams Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at Adams Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Adams Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Adams Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Valley High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adams Elementary has edged down 27%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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