Olita Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary campus in La Habra, California, Olita Elementary hosts 425 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Lowell Joint.

Across the 6 schools in Lowell Joint (2,980 students total), Olita Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Olita Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Olita Elementary lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Olita Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Olita Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olita Elementary. On composite proficiency, Olita Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 425 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

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