Prospect Elementary

Prospect Elementary, a compact K-5 school in Orange, California, part of Orange Unified, teaches 332 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 465.

Orange Unified runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 23,790 students. Prospect Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prospect Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school records 9% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Prospect Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Prospect Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

In the broader community, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Prospect Elementary is one.

El Modena High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Prospect Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Prospect Elementary's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 332). Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Prospect Elementary typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.