Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate

As a sprawling 6-8 campus in Santa Ana, California, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate teaches 1,234 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Santa Ana Unified. That puts it 87% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is one of 51 schools operated by Santa Ana Unified, a district that works with 35,993 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.8%, the actual is 37.4%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santiago Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,407 (now 1,234). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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