Wakeham Elementary

Set in Garden Grove, California, Wakeham Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, one of the schools within Garden Grove Unified. It enrolls 307 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Within Garden Grove Unified, which oversees 64 schools and 36,994 students, Wakeham Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Wakeham Elementary records that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 23% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Wakeham Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Wakeham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wakeham Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Wakeham Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wakeham Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 12% to 23%.

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