Myford Elementary

Myford Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Irvine, California, overseen by Tustin Unified, hosting 542 students in grades K through 5.

Myford Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Tustin Unified, a district that caters to 21,220 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Myford Elementary lists that the largest single group is Asian at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 20% White, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Myford Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Myford Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.8%; actual is 73.5%, +16.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Myford Elementary is one.

Hicks Canyon 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Myford Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 72.8%.

Myford Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Myford Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 542). The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 29.6:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 today.

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