Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary

Set in Garden Grove, California, Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary is a close-knit elementary school, run under Garden Grove Unified. It caters to 354 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary sits 24% below that benchmark.

Garden Grove Unified comprises 64 schools with combined enrollment of 36,994 students; Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.9%; Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary posts 49.7%, +14.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 354). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 52% to 57%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.