Hewes Middle

Hewes Middle is one of the mid-tier intermediate schools in Santa Ana, California, run under Tustin Unified, with 929 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Hewes Middle sits 41% above that benchmark.

Hewes Middle is one of 28 schools operated by Tustin Unified, a district that enrolls 21,220 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hewes Middle reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 40% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Hewes Middle qualify 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 somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hewes Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $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. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Hewes Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Foothill High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hewes Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Hewes Middle's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 964 (now 929). White enrollment moved from 54% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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