Old Orchard Elementary

As a moderately sized primary school in Valencia, California, Old Orchard Elementary serves 520 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Newhall.

Across the 10 schools in Newhall (6,020 students total), Old Orchard Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Old Orchard Elementary logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Old Orchard Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Old Orchard Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Old Orchard Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Peachland Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Old Orchard Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Old Orchard Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

Old Orchard Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 27% across the same window.

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