R. F. Hazard Elementary

R. F. Hazard Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Santa Ana, California, operated by Garden Grove Unified, instructing 383 students in grades K through 6.

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

Demographically, R. F. Hazard Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, R. F. Hazard Elementary records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting R. F. Hazard Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at R. F. Hazard Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, R. F. Hazard Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.1%; actual is 57.4%, +32.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. R. F. Hazard Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Rosita Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, R. F. Hazard Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

R. F. Hazard Elementary operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at R. F. Hazard Elementary has shrank 25%, going from 514 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 87% to 74% over that span.

On this page, members of the R. F. Hazard Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.