Leo Carrillo Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary school in Westminster, California, Leo Carrillo Elementary caters to 508 students from grades K through 6, part of Garden Grove Unified.

Within Garden Grove Unified, which oversees 64 schools and 36,994 students, Leo Carrillo Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Leo Carrillo Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Asian, 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Leo Carrillo Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leo Carrillo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.8%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. Leo Carrillo Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Sarah McGarvin Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Leo Carrillo Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.5%.

Leo Carrillo Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 36% to 28% over that span.

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