Carl Harvey Elementary

Set in Santa Ana, California, Carl Harvey Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, operated by Santa Ana Unified. It teaches 268 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Carl Harvey Elementary sits 42% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Carl Harvey Elementary reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Carl Harvey Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Carl Harvey Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.8%; this one delivers 20.7%.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Carl Harvey Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gerald P. Carr Intermediate, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carl Harvey Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Carl Harvey Elementary's enrollment has shrank 36% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 268). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Carl Harvey Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.