Macy Elementary

Set in La Habra, California, Macy Elementary is a medium-sized primary school, run under Lowell Joint. It works with 413 students across grades K through 6.

Lowell Joint comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,980 students; Macy Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Macy Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Macy Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Macy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, 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), Macy Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Jordan Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Macy Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 413 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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