Orchard Hills

Orchard Hills is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in Irvine, California, operated by Tustin Unified, with 1,373 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 195% above typical.

Orchard Hills is one of 28 schools operated by Tustin Unified, a district that instructs 21,220 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Orchard Hills logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 15% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Orchard Hills logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Orchard Hills higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Orchard Hills qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orchard Hills sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.5%; actual is 82.4%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Orchard Hills is one campus in the mix.

Northwood High 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. On composite proficiency, Orchard Hills comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.4%.

Orchard Hills operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orchard Hills has increased 4%, going from 1,322 students in 2018 to 1,373 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 32.5:1 in 2018 to 27.6:1 today.

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