Anderson Elementary

Located at 8902 Hewitt Pl., in Garden Grove, California, Anderson Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 445 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Westminster.

Anderson Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Westminster, a district that hosts 7,864 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Anderson Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 42% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Anderson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -4.4 points.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Anderson Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Bolsa Grande High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Anderson Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

Anderson Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 52% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Anderson Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.