Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary

Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Garden Grove, California, run under Garden Grove Unified, serveing 480 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 64 schools in Garden Grove Unified (36,994 students total), Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 24.9%; actual is 43.6%, +18.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leroy L. Doig Intermediate, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.