Ralph E. Hawes Elementary

Set in Huntington Beach, California, Ralph E. Hawes Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, part of Huntington Beach City Elementary. It works with 516 students across grades K through 5.

Ralph E. Hawes Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Huntington Beach City Elementary, a district that teaches 4,560 students overall.

On demographics, Ralph E. Hawes Elementary shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 12% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ralph E. Hawes Elementary reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ralph E. Hawes Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.5%, the actual is 81.3%, a residual of +12.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Ralph E. Hawes Elementary is one.

Isaac L. Sowers Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ralph E. Hawes Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 63% to 49%. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.6:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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