Demille Elementary

Demille Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Midway City, California, operated by Westminster. The school educates 562 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Westminster comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,864 students; Demille Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Demille Elementary logs that 74% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Demille 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 39.2%; this one delivers 56.6%, a residual of +17.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Demille Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Star View Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Demille Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

Demille Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Demille Elementary has increased 16%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 20% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Demille Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.