Turtle Rock Elementary

Set in Irvine, California, Turtle Rock Elementary is a sprawling elementary school, one of the schools within Irvine Unified. It teaches 881 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 89% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Irvine Unified comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 37,948 students; Turtle Rock Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Turtle Rock Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Asian (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Turtle Rock Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Turtle Rock Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Turtle Rock Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 79.9%, a residual of +13.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Turtle Rock Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

University High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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 Turtle Rock Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 71.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Turtle Rock Elementary's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 856 (now 881).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Turtle Rock Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.