Patton Elementary

Located at 6861 Santa Rita Ave., in Garden Grove, California, Patton Elementary is a substantial elementary campus that works with 904 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Garden Grove Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 94% larger than typical.

Garden Grove Unified runs 64 schools in total, collectively educating 36,994 students. Patton Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Patton Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 21% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Patton Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 82.2%, a residual of +25.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $116,289, 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 Patton Elementary is one.

Pacifica High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patton Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.

Patton Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Patton Elementary's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 980 (now 904). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 31% to 21%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Patton Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.