📍 860 N. Handy St., Orange, Orange County, 92867
Handy Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orange, Orange County. The school has 410 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeff Morgan. It is part of the Orange Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
Handy Elementary enrolls 410 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 377 | 92% |
| White | 21 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
375 of the school's 410 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Handy Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Handy Elementary is one of 41 schools in Orange Unified, based in Orange, California. The district serves 23,823 students district-wide and employs 990 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 410 students, Handy Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 581 students per school.