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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

J. H. McGaugh Elementary, Seal Beach, CA

J. H. McGaugh Elementary is a public elementary school in Seal Beach, part of Los Alamitos Unified. It enrolled 721 students in 2024-25, with 22.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
721
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
22.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.7 lower than the district figure of 25.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.5
District25.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1698 Bolsa Ave., Seal Beach, CA 90740
Phone
(562)799-4560
District
Los Alamitos Unified
County
Orange County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
062259008885
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
106
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
13018.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
91Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Los Alamitos Unified

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.