📍 974 S. Melrose St., Placentia, Orange County, 92870
Melrose Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Placentia, Orange County. The school has 393 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Janice Weber. It is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
Melrose Elementary enrolls 393 students across grades K–5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 97% |
| White | 6 | 1.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 393 students (96%) 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.
Melrose Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Melrose Elementary is one of 34 schools in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, based in Placentia, California. The district serves 22,698 students district-wide and employs 951 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 393 students, Melrose Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 668 students per school.