Greenville Fundamental Elementary

Greenville Fundamental Elementary, an expansive elementary-level community in Santa Ana, California, overseen by Santa Ana Unified, enrolls 817 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Santa Ana Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 35,993 students, Greenville Fundamental Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Greenville Fundamental Elementary lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Greenville Fundamental Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 40.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household income runs about $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. Greenville Fundamental Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Segerstrom High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greenville Fundamental Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 1,052 students in 2018 compared to 817 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.