Donald S. Jordan Intermediate

Located at 9821 Woodbury Rd., in Garden Grove, California, Donald S. Jordan Intermediate is a close-knit middle school that instructs 551 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Garden Grove Unified.

Garden Grove Unified comprises 64 schools with combined enrollment of 36,994 students; Donald S. Jordan Intermediate is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Donald S. Jordan Intermediate shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Donald S. Jordan Intermediate higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Donald S. Jordan Intermediate 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 28.6%; this one delivers 62.6%, a residual of +34.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $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 Donald S. Jordan Intermediate is one.

A. G. Cook Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Donald S. Jordan Intermediate comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

Donald S. Jordan Intermediate operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 716 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.