Post Elementary

As a compact primary school in Westminster, California, Post Elementary instructs 338 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Garden Grove Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Garden Grove Unified comprises 64 schools with combined enrollment of 36,994 students; Post Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Post Elementary reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Asian. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Post Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Post Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Post Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; Post Elementary posts 63.5%, +32.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Post Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: James Irvine Intermediate, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Post Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Post Elementary has contracted 29%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 in 2025.

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