Ladera Palma Elementary

Set in La Habra, California, Ladera Palma Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by La Habra City Elementary. It teaches 583 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

La Habra City Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,239 students. Ladera Palma Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ladera Palma Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ladera Palma Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Ladera Palma Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sierra Vista Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ladera Palma Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ladera Palma Elementary has expanded 34%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 13% to 5%.

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