El Cerrito Elementary

El Cerrito Elementary, a compact elementary-level community in La Habra, California, run under La Habra City Elementary, enrolls 379 students, covering grades K through 6.

El Cerrito Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by La Habra City Elementary, a district that hosts 4,239 students overall.

On the student-mix side, El Cerrito Elementary records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 8% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, El Cerrito Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 79% of students at El Cerrito Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, El Cerrito Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.2%; El Cerrito Elementary posts 47.1%, +15.0 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), El Cerrito Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Walnut Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Cerrito Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Cerrito Elementary has edged down 4%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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