Linda Vista Elementary

As a small primary school in Orange, California, Linda Vista Elementary educates 289 students from grades K through 6, operated by Orange Unified. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Orange Unified comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 23,790 students; Linda Vista Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Linda Vista Elementary lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Linda Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 57.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Linda Vista Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santiago Charter Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Linda Vista Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Linda Vista Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linda Vista Elementary has shrank 33%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 31% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Linda Vista Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.