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La Habra City Elementary

At a glance

784^thof 1,543 California districts▼ 7

Better than 49% of California districts

Elementary 7 Middle 2Grades K-8

500 North Walnut St.
La Habra, CA 90631-3769·(562) 690-2305·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2016–2025

2025: better than 49.2% of districts

Schools

4,239

Students

Top rankedLas Positas Elementary1794^th of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Las Positas Elementary up 342 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Las Lomas Elementary 19.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

The La Habra City Elementary district consists of nine public schools serving grades K-8 to approximately 4,200 students in a community with high economic need, where about 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academic performance varies significantly across the district. Las Positas Elementary stands out as the top-performing elementary school, particularly in science, while Ladera Palma Elementary excels with an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of just 3.4%. In contrast, Walnut Elementary and Imperial Middle are the lowest-ranked schools, struggling with proficiency rates in core subjects, especially math and science where the district overall lags behind state averages.

Notable strengths within the district include outperforming the state in Spanish language assessments, suggesting effective bilingual programs, particularly at Ladera Palma and Washington Middle. However, a key challenge appears in the transition to middle school math. Interestingly, the data shows no clear link between higher per-student spending and better academic outcomes, indicating that factors like attendance and instructional practices are critical differentiators between schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)							CSA Spanish Listening (2025)							CSA Spanish Writing (2025)							CSA Spanish Reading (2025)							CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
El Cerrito Elementary	Public	K-6	1051 North Hillside St.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2340	379	18	21.6	79.4%	31 (8.2%)	2 (0.5%)	315 (83.1%)	12 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.5%)	53	2438^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.4%		58.2	2133^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	63.7%	305																													24.1		24.1	45.0	37.3	51.9	55.3			47.2	60.0	39.2	37.0	33.3			43.2	91.4		95.1	96.3		$26,694	$16,614	$10,080
Imperial Middle	Public	6-8	1450 South Schoolwood Dr.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2344	495	23	21.0	83.4%	36 (7.3%)	5 (1.0%)	418 (84.4%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	29.5	1846^th of 2761 public middle schools	33.1%		39	1507^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.8%	339																														11.0	11.0				39.7	42.6	33.5	38.4				25.7	25.3	15.0	21.7						$26,088	$16,500	$9,588
Ladera Palma Elementary	Public	K-6	2151 East Brookdale Ave.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2348	583	23	25.3	70.3%	29 (5.0%)	3 (0.5%)	526 (90.2%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.2%)	58.7	2133^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	63.6%		55.1	2282^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	61.1%	149	25.0	27.5	3.9	15.3			18.2	50.0	29.0	25.6	30.5			35.1	29.2	36.2	7.7	20.3			23.5	18.8	26.1	2.6	10.2			14.6	34.6		34.6	43.8	46.4	50.0	66.1			50.3	51.0	40.6	35.9	50.9			44.7	97.8					$23,414	$14,618	$8,796
Las Lomas Elementary	Public	K-5	301 Las Lomas Dr.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2353	345	18	19.1	86.4%	12 (3.5%)	4 (1.2%)	310 (89.9%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	32.7	3749^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.0%		32.8	3703^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	36.9%	46																													25.0		25.0	36.4	26.8	40.4				35.0	39.5	22.0	28.9				30.2						$32,445	$18,336	$14,109
Las Positas Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 South Schoolwood Dr.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2356	565	23	24.5	75.9%	56 (9.9%)	6 (1.1%)	437 (77.3%)	43 (7.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.5%)	65.9	1794^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.4%		58.2	2136^th of 5869 public elementary schools	63.6%	342																													43.0		43.0	48.9	45.6	62.8				52.3	58.2	54.4	37.2				50.2	96.5	97.4	98.3	96.5	98.3	$25,865	$16,532	$9,333
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 East Whittier Blvd.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2359	467	20	23.3	75.4%	31 (6.6%)	2 (0.4%)	400 (85.7%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	48.5	2671^st of 5857 public elementary schools	54.4%		48.3	2648^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.9%	23																													32.9		32.9	42.9	42.9	43.4	49.3			44.8	32.6	34.9	38.6	38.6			36.7						$26,331	$17,076	$9,255
Walnut Elementary	Public	K-6	625 North Walnut St.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2369	446	20	22.2	90.8%	21 (4.7%)	4 (0.9%)	396 (88.8%)	12 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	23.1	4584^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.7%		22	4676^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.3%	92																													14.3		14.3	28.4	23.6	28.1	41.5			29.7	31.3	24.7	15.6	24.5			24.1	96.1		98.0	98.0		$26,788	$16,600	$10,188
Washington Middle	Public	7-8	716 East La Habra Blvd.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2374	580	27	21.1	85.0%	27 (4.7%)	4 (0.7%)	515 (88.8%)	20 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (2.1%)	45.3	1318^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.3%		46.2	1271^st of 2783 public middle schools	54.3%	47					13.7	16.7	14.8					29.4	33.3	30.9					33.3	13.3	25.9					7.8	16.7	11.1		22.0	22.0					52.2	48.5	50.4					32.8	19.4	26.5						$25,183	$16,428	$8,755
Arbolita Elementary	Public	K-6	1001 East Brookdale Ave.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2352	379	17	22.1	83.1%	30 (7.9%)	3 (0.8%)	325 (85.8%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	46.2	2808^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.1%		42.6	3028^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.4%	220																													19.7		19.7	40.7	38.8	45.9	41.0			41.9	57.4	42.0	26.2	46.0			42.1						$27,735	$17,550	$10,185

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Fullerton Joint Union High	0.58 mi	8	473^rd
Lowell Joint	1.14 mi	6	347^th
East Whittier City Elementary	2.23 mi	13	355^th
Fullerton Elementary	2.63 mi	20	474^th
Hacienda la Puente Unified	2.95 mi	30	777^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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