Los Alamitos Elementary

Los Alamitos Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Los Alamitos, California, operated by Los Alamitos Unified. Current enrollment sits at 625 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Los Alamitos Elementary sits 34% above that benchmark.

Within Los Alamitos Unified, which oversees 9 schools and 8,702 students, Los Alamitos Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Los Alamitos Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% White, 17% Asian, 12% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Los Alamitos Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Los Alamitos Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Los Alamitos Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 68.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $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), Los Alamitos Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Los Alamitos Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 69.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 723 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 35% to 47%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Los Alamitos Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.