George B. Miller Elementary

George B. Miller Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in La Palma, California, operated by Centralia Elementary, with 502 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Centralia Elementary comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,990 students; George B. Miller Elementary is among them.

On demographics, George B. Miller Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Asian, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at George B. Miller Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, George B. Miller Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.1%; actual is 62.8%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. George B. Miller Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walker Junior High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), George B. Miller Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 571 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 27% to 41%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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