Macy Elementary, La Habra CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Macy Elementary

Macy Elementary sits on West Russell Street in La Habra, a suburban city in Orange County that borders Los Angeles County to the north. The school serves kindergarten through sixth grade within the Lowell Joint School District, a K-8 district that publicly reported a 2020 ballot measure transferring its administrative jurisdiction between counties, reflecting the district's unusual position straddling two county lines. For families, that context matters most practically because of a more recent development: voters approved a facilities bond in late 2024 that will fund classroom modernization, replacement of aging portable buildings with permanent structures, and campus safety upgrades across the district's six schools. The bond adds an annual charge to property tax bills for as long as the bonds are outstanding, so prospective homeowners in La Habra should factor that into housing cost calculations.

On the housing side, the La Habra zip code registers home values well above both the California median and the national median, sitting at a level that makes the price-to-income relationship quite stretched by national standards. Rents are rising modestly year over year. The broader La Habra context is family-oriented and suburban, with a walkable downtown cluster near La Habra Boulevard and Euclid Street that holds the city library, a children's museum, a depot theatre, and a historical museum, though the wider city is car-dependent. Parks are plentiful, publicly reported as roughly two dozen across the city. OCTA bus lines connect La Habra to Fullerton, Brea, and the regional Metrolink network, though most daily errands require a car.

Macy's student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial white enrollment and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. Close to half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a middle range for economic need rather than at an extreme. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs was not available in the records provided.

The most recent California state assessments, from the 2024-25 school year, show a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency rates climb across the grade levels tested, with fifth grade performing notably better than third, which is an encouraging pattern even if the absolute levels at each grade remain below what many parents might hope for. Math proficiency rates are more consistent across grades but sit in the low-to-mid range throughout, with roughly four in ten to fewer than half of students meeting the state standard depending on the grade. Science, tested only at fifth grade, shows a lower share of students meeting the standard than either ELA or math. Taken together, Macy's combined proficiency index falls below the midpoint among the districts compared within Orange County, based on the county districts comparison set. This is not a dramatic gap from the median, but it is a gap, and parents who want to understand the drivers, whether demographic, instructional, or resource-related, may want to discuss current improvement strategies directly with the school.

Because Macy serves only through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric simply does not apply at this level. Chronic absenteeism data was not available in the records provided.

La Habra is currently adding housing, with several infill and multi-family projects approved or under construction, including a larger apartment project near Imperial Highway and a townhome development on South Cypress Street. The city's General Plan is pushing toward mixed-use development along La Habra Boulevard, which signals some gradual change to the neighborhood texture over the coming years without dramatic near-term disruption.

One structural note for families new to La Habra: the city's K-12 students are served by three separate districts depending on where they live, with Lowell Joint (which includes Macy) being one, La Habra City School District another, and Fullerton Joint Union handling the high school years for many students. A child at Macy will not automatically feed into a Lowell Joint middle or high school for all grades; parents should confirm their own address-based pathway before enrolling.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 57% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 49% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 46% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 58% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 54% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 62% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 58% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 41% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

This schoolLowell Joint, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income76%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income70%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income93%39 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income74%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income31%Higher-income60%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income50%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income57%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income63%32 pp gap