Ross (Betsy) Elementary

Located at 535 South Walnut St., in Anaheim, California, Ross (Betsy) Elementary is a large K-5 school that hosts 731 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Anaheim Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Ross (Betsy) Elementary sits 57% above that benchmark.

Ross (Betsy) Elementary is one of 24 schools operated by Anaheim Elementary, a district that teaches 13,964 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ross (Betsy) Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ross (Betsy) Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.0%; Ross (Betsy) Elementary posts 24.9%, -15.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ross (Betsy) Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Anaheim High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ross (Betsy) Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Ross (Betsy) Elementary's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 869 (now 731). The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 87% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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