Andrew Jackson Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Santa Ana, California, Andrew Jackson Elementary teaches 493 students from grades K through 5, part of Santa Ana Unified.

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

On the student-mix side, Andrew Jackson Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Andrew Jackson Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Andrew Jackson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.2%; this one delivers 28.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Andrew Jackson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

College and Career Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Andrew Jackson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Andrew Jackson Elementary's enrollment has declined 39% since 2018, when it stood at 814 (now 493). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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