Fairhaven Elementary

Fairhaven Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Santa Ana, California, one of the schools within Orange Unified, with 421 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within Orange Unified, which oversees 40 schools and 23,790 students, Fairhaven Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Fairhaven Elementary records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fairhaven Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairhaven Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Fairhaven Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Citrus Springs Charter, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairhaven Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairhaven Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairhaven Elementary has declined 24%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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