Ethel M. Evans Elementary

Ethel M. Evans Elementary is a medium-sized primary school in Garden Grove, California, operated by Garden Grove Unified. The school enrolls 410 students in grades K through 6.

Garden Grove Unified comprises 64 schools with combined enrollment of 36,994 students; Ethel M. Evans Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ethel M. Evans Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% Asian, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ethel M. Evans Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Ethel M. Evans Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ethel M. Evans Elementary 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 32.0%; this one delivers 59.0%, a residual of +27.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Ethel M. Evans Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Dr. Walter C. Ralston Intermediate, roughly 0.3 miles away. 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), Ethel M. Evans Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.3%.

Ethel M. Evans Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Ethel M. Evans Elementary's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 410). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 59% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ethel M. Evans Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.