Edison (Thomas) Elementary

Edison (Thomas) Elementary is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Anaheim, California, part of Anaheim Elementary, serveing 705 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Edison (Thomas) Elementary sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.

Anaheim Elementary comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,964 students; Edison (Thomas) Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Edison (Thomas) Elementary lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 2% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edison (Thomas) Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Edison (Thomas) Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Edison (Thomas) Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.0%; actual is 26.1%, a gap of -16.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Edison (Thomas) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sycamore Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edison (Thomas) Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.2%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 880 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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