J. H. McGaugh Elementary
Seal Beach, CA · Elementary School
J. H. McGaugh Elementary is a elementary school in Seal Beach, CA with 751 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Los Alamitos Unified. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
J. H. McGaugh Elementary is a elementary school located in Seal Beach, California. The school serves 751 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
J. H. McGaugh Elementary is part of the Los Alamitos Unified in California.
How This School Compares
J. H. McGaugh Elementary has 751 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Los Alamitos Unified (990 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 66%. Compared to the California state average of 45%, the school performs 26 points higher. The 22.1:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
J. H. McGaugh Elementary has 751 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at J. H. McGaugh Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
J. H. McGaugh Elementary is part of the Los Alamitos Unified in Seal Beach, California. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.