Walnut Elementary

Walnut Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in La Habra, California, operated by La Habra City Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 446 students spanning grades K through 6.

Walnut Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by La Habra City Elementary, a district that works with 4,239 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Walnut Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%); the rest consists of 5% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Walnut Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at Walnut Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Walnut Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 24.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Walnut Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is La Habra High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Walnut Elementary's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 446). Hispanic enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

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