Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary

Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Anaheim, California, part of Anaheim Elementary, teacheing 644 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary sits 38% bigger than that benchmark.

Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary is one of 24 schools operated by Anaheim Elementary, a district that caters to 13,964 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 15% Asian, 8% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Mark Twain Special Center, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary has decreased 7%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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