Rossmoor Elementary

Located at 3272 Shakespeare Dr., in Los Alamitos, California, Rossmoor Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school that hosts 540 students (grades K through 5), run under Los Alamitos Unified.

Within Los Alamitos Unified, which oversees 9 schools and 8,702 students, Rossmoor Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rossmoor Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 14% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Orange County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rossmoor Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 80.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports 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. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Rossmoor Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richard Henry Lee Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rossmoor Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rossmoor Elementary has declined 16%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 39% over that span.

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