Jessie Hayden Elementary

Jessie Hayden Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Midway City, California, part of Westminster, with 514 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Westminster, which oversees 16 schools and 7,864 students, Jessie Hayden Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jessie Hayden Elementary logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian; the rest breaks down as 39% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jessie Hayden Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jessie Hayden Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.7%; actual is 51.4%, +19.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Jessie Hayden Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Warner Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jessie Hayden Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jessie Hayden Elementary has ticked down 35%, going from 795 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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