Agnes L. Smith Elementary

Set in Huntington Beach, California, Agnes L. Smith Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Huntington Beach City Elementary. It educates 591 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

Huntington Beach City Elementary runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,560 students. Agnes L. Smith Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Agnes L. Smith Elementary logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 7% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Agnes L. Smith Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Agnes L. Smith Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 67.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Agnes L. Smith Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Ethel Dwyer Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Agnes L. Smith Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Agnes L. Smith Elementary has shrank 26%, going from 804 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 25.7:1 today.

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