Hermosa Drive Elementary

Hermosa Drive Elementary is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Fullerton, California, part of Fullerton Elementary, instructing 302 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Hermosa Drive Elementary sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Fullerton Elementary (11,247 students total), Hermosa Drive Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hermosa Drive Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 21% White, 15% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hermosa Drive Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hermosa Drive Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Beechwood Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hermosa Drive Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hermosa Drive Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hermosa Drive Elementary's enrollment has edged down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 302). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 49% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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