Eastwood Elementary

Eastwood Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Westminster, California, overseen by Westminster. The school works with 542 students in grades K through 6.

Eastwood Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Westminster, a district that caters to 7,864 students overall.

On demographics, Eastwood Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 27% Asian, 12% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Eastwood Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eastwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Eastwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sequoia Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eastwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Eastwood Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Eastwood Elementary's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 542). White enrollment moved from 36% to 30% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.