Holder Elementary

Holder Elementary is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Buena Park, California, overseen by Savanna Elementary, enrolling 445 students in grades K through 6.

Within Savanna Elementary, which oversees 4 schools and 1,719 students, Holder Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Holder Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 19% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% White, 6% Black. 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 employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at Holder Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holder Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.6%; actual is 52.8%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports 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. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Holder Elementary is one.

Orangeview Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Holder Elementary. On composite proficiency, Holder Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.

Holder Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 530 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.