Louis Lake Intermediate

Louis Lake Intermediate, a tight-knit junior high in Garden Grove, California, overseen by Garden Grove Unified, enrolls 453 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Garden Grove Unified comprises 64 schools with combined enrollment of 36,994 students; Louis Lake Intermediate is among them.

Demographically, Louis Lake Intermediate lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 37% Asian, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Louis Lake Intermediate ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 30.8%; Louis Lake Intermediate posts 52.1%, +21.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Louis Lake Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Linton T. Simmons Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Louis Lake Intermediate ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 29% to 37%.

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