Danbrook Elementary

Set in Anaheim, California, Danbrook Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, operated by Centralia Elementary. It instructs 433 students across grades K through 6.

Centralia Elementary comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,990 students; Danbrook Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Danbrook Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Danbrook Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 39.6%, a residual of +17.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Danbrook Elementary is one.

Western High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Danbrook Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Danbrook Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

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