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What advice would you give to incoming students at Sierra Vista Elementary?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA HABRA CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062019002416
Sierra Vista Elementary
1800 East Whittier Blvd., La Habra, CA 90631 · (562) 690-2359 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
352 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sierra Vista Elementary→Washington Middle
Based on grade levels within La Habra City Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
CA avg 47.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 35.6% . +9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
467
-45 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 28.4:1
% White
7%
was 10%
% Hispanic
86%
was 85%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Sierra Vista Elementary
Located at 1800 East Whittier Blvd., in La Habra, California, Sierra Vista Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that teaches 467 students (grades K through 6), operated by La Habra City Elementary.
Within La Habra City Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 4,239 students, Sierra Vista Elementary is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Sierra Vista Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sierra Vista Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Sierra Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 39.2%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put 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%. Sierra Vista Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).
Ladera Palma Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sierra Vista Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sierra Vista Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.
Sierra Vista Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. Sierra Vista Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 467). Class-load math has narrowed: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Sierra Vista Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Habra City Elementary
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Imperial MiddleMiddle · 495 students
- Walnut ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Arbolita ElementaryElementary · 379 students
Other schools in La Habra
- La Habra HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Sonora HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Imperial MiddleMiddle · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Ladera Palma Elementary0.5 mi · 583
- Arbolita Elementary0.6 mi · 379
- Washington Middle0.8 mi · 580
- Sonora High0.8 mi · 1,779
- El Cerrito Elementary1.2 mi · 379
- Walnut Elementary1.4 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Vista ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 467 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sierra Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sierra Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sierra Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sierra Vista Elementary is approximately 23.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sierra Vista Elementary?
At Sierra Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary is overseen by La Habra City Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.