Oak Creek Elementary

Oak Creek Elementary operates as a substantial elementary school in Irvine, California, operated by Irvine Unified. Current enrollment sits at 963 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 107% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Irvine Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 37,948 students, Oak Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Oak Creek Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Asian (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 30.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.0%; this one delivers 60.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Oak Creek Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Springbrook Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Creek Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 69.6%.

Oak Creek Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 919 students in 2018 compared to 963 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 33% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 30.1:1 today.

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