Orange County Educational Arts Academy

Orange County Educational Arts Academy, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Santa Ana, California, run under Orange County Educational Arts Academy District, enrolls 643 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Orange County Educational Arts Academy District is the operating authority for Orange County Educational Arts Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Orange County Educational Arts Academy reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, Orange County Educational Arts Academy shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 64% 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 noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 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 Orange County Educational Arts Academy is one.

The closest other public school is El Sol Santa Ana Science and Arts Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site. Orange County Educational Arts Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.