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What's the most underrated thing about R. F. Hazard Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001848
R. F. Hazard Elementary
4218 West Hazard Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92703 · (714) 663-6403 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
350 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.1pp since 2014
Math
60.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.8% | 33.3% | 24.2% | 12.6% |
| Math | 29.2% | 31.2% | 28.7% | 10.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 57.8% |
| 2022-23 | 60.9% | 57.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.3% | 57.0% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 60.8% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 59.0% |
| 2016-17 | 53.7% | 48.3% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 37.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like R. F. Hazard Elementary
R. F. Hazard Elementary's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. F. Hazard Elementary this school | 383 | 91.4% | 59.5% |
| Jellick Elementary Rowland Heights | 376 | 91.2% | 35.6% |
| Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary San Jose | 422 | 92.2% | 38.6% |
| Woodbury Elementary Garden Grove | 337 | 91.1% | 35.7% |
| Heritage Elementary Lodi | 432 | 93.3% | 27.6% |
| Captain Jason M. Dahl Elementary San Jose | 396 | 85.6% | 20.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where R. F. Hazard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #1,148 of 5,151 | #159 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #1,049 of 5,172 ▲ 58 | #151 of 382 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #1,133 of 5,172 ▲ 189 | #154 of 382 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,696 of 5,116 | #131 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #3,885 of 5,915 | #306 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,707 of 5,352 | #201 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #3,460 of 5,354 | #274 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #912 of 5,625 | #45 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #861 of 3,837 | #89 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
383
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 25.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 383 | 16 | 23.9:1 | 91% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 17 | 24.7:1 | 92% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 15 | 26.9:1 | 92% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 16 | 25.6:1 | 90% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 21 | 24.5:1 | 88% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 89% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | N/A | N/A | 89% (625) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 37 | 22.6:1 | 73% (613) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 26 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. F. Hazard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (514 to 383); teachers down 24% (21 to 16).
About R. F. Hazard Elementary
R. F. Hazard Elementary is the name of a small elementary school in Santa Ana, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 383 students.
Federal data list 64 schools in Garden Grove Unified, with 36,994 students enrolled.
A majority of students at R. F. Hazard Elementary, 74%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Asian. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. By the diversity index, R. F. Hazard Elementary comes in at 40%.
At R. F. Hazard Elementary, 16 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 23.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 36 points above the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades R. F. Hazard Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 26.0%. R. F. Hazard Elementary posts 59.5%, 33.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. R. F. Hazard Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
Rosita Elementary is the public school closest to R. F. Hazard Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. R. F. Hazard Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts R. F. Hazard Elementary at 1st of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 409 in 2020-21 and 383 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (23.9:1) than in 2020-21 (25.6:1).
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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- Woodbury Elementary0.8 mi · 337
- Heritage Elementary0.8 mi · 376
- Edward Russell Elementary1.0 mi · 473
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Frequently asked questions
About R. F. Hazard ElementaryHow many students attend R. F. Hazard Elementary?
R. F. Hazard Elementary enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does R. F. Hazard Elementary serve?
R. F. Hazard Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. F. Hazard Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. F. Hazard Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at R. F. Hazard Elementary?
Student demographics at R. F. Hazard Elementary are roughly 1% White, 74% Hispanic, 0% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees R. F. Hazard Elementary?
R. F. Hazard Elementary is overseen by Garden Grove Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.