S. A. Moffett Elementary

Set in Huntington Beach, California, S. A. Moffett Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, part of Huntington Beach City Elementary. It instructs 410 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Huntington Beach City Elementary (4,560 students total), S. A. Moffett Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, S. A. Moffett Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 10% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, S. A. Moffett Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, S. A. Moffett Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 S. A. Moffett Elementary is one.

Isaac L. Sowers Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts S. A. Moffett Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. S. A. Moffett Elementary's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 410). Class-load math has fell: from 28.1:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.