Glen Yermo Elementary

Set in Mission Viejo, California, Glen Yermo Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school, part of Saddleback Valley Unified. It enrolls 308 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 33 schools in Saddleback Valley Unified (22,646 students total), Glen Yermo Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Glen Yermo Elementary logs that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 27% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Glen Yermo Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glen Yermo Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 45.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Glen Yermo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glen Yermo Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Glen Yermo Elementary's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 484 (now 308). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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