Gerald P. Carr Intermediate

Gerald P. Carr Intermediate operates as a mid-tier junior high in Santa Ana, California, part of Santa Ana Unified. Current enrollment sits at 886 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 34% larger than typical.

Santa Ana Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 35,993 students; Gerald P. Carr Intermediate is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gerald P. Carr Intermediate logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gerald P. Carr Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.4%.

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%. Gerald P. Carr Intermediate is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carl Harvey Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gerald P. Carr Intermediate at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Gerald P. Carr Intermediate operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gerald P. Carr Intermediate has fell 39%, going from 1,455 students in 2018 to 886 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.