Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary

Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Fountain Valley, California, part of Garden Grove Unified, with 400 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 64 schools in Garden Grove Unified (36,994 students total), Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary 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 29.4%; Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary posts 46.7%, +17.2 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Los Amigos High, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mamie L. Northcutt Elementary's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 400). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 53% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.