Francis Hopkinson Elementary

Set in Los Alamitos, California, Francis Hopkinson Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school, operated by Los Alamitos Unified. It caters to 642 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Francis Hopkinson Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Los Alamitos Unified, a district that serves 8,702 students overall.

On demographics, Francis Hopkinson Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 12% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Francis Hopkinson Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Francis Hopkinson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 12% of students at Francis Hopkinson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Francis Hopkinson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.5%, the actual is 80.3%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Francis Hopkinson Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Jack L. Weaver Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Francis Hopkinson Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 78.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Francis Hopkinson Elementary's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 642). The White share of enrollment edged down from 55% to 45% over that span.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.