Las Positas Elementary

Located at 1400 South Schoolwood Dr., in La Habra, California, Las Positas Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that caters to 565 students (grades K through 5), operated by La Habra City Elementary. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Las Positas Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by La Habra City Elementary, a district that works with 4,239 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Las Positas Elementary shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 10% White, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. 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, Las Positas Elementary shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Las Positas Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Las Positas Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Imperial Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Las Positas Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Las Positas Elementary has expanded 25%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 89% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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