Cadence Park

As a well-populated elementary campus in Irvine, California, Cadence Park serves 965 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Irvine Unified. That puts it 108% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 44 schools in Irvine Unified (37,948 students total), Cadence Park accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cadence Park records that 59% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest reads as 15% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cadence Park has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cadence Park higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cadence Park tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.2%.

Around the school, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Cadence Park is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Portola High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cadence Park. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cadence Park at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

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