John H. Eader Elementary

John H. Eader Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Huntington Beach, California, part of Huntington Beach City Elementary. The school caters to 416 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Huntington Beach City Elementary (4,560 students total), John H. Eader Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, John H. Eader Elementary logs that 55% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 14% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, John H. Eader Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John H. Eader Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at John H. Eader Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, John H. Eader Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +14.0 points.

In the broader community, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John H. Eader Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Edison High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John H. Eader Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John H. Eader Elementary has decreased 24%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 416 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 28.9:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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