Schroeder Elementary

Schroeder Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Huntington Beach, California, part of Westminster. The school teaches 485 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 16 schools in Westminster (7,864 students total), Schroeder Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Schroeder Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 26% Asian, 13% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Schroeder Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Schroeder Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 67.6%, a residual of +13.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Schroeder Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Helen Stacey Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Schroeder Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Schroeder Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Schroeder Elementary's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 528 (now 485). The White share of enrollment fell from 43% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 today.

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