Bryant Elementary

Located at 8371 Orangewood Ave., in Garden Grove, California, Bryant Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school that hosts 571 students (grades K through 6), run under Garden Grove Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Garden Grove Unified runs 64 schools in total, collectively educating 36,994 students. Bryant Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bryant Elementary records that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 19% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bryant Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 88% 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bryant Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Bryant Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Rancho Alamitos High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bryant Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 692 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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