Loara Elementary

Loara Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Anaheim, California, part of Anaheim Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Anaheim Elementary, which oversees 24 schools and 13,964 students, Loara Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Loara Elementary records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 10% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Loara Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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, Loara Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.4%; this one delivers 34.6%.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Loara Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ross (Betsy) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Loara Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Loara Elementary has decreased 5%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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