Item 23 - Public Hearing - FY 2025-29 5 Year Plan, Annual Action Plan for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs

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Orange County 75 25-29 Regional AFH • Newport Beach, where the School Proficiency Index is over 88 for all groups, and 10.47% of the population is Hispanic. • Rancho Santa Margarita, where the School Proficiency Index is over 80 for all groups, and 20.41% of the population is Hispanic. Map 7 – Education Score, is a series of maps showing the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map’s Education Composite Score for north, central, and south Orange County, and the region. These maps were created by California HCD to facilitate fair housing planning, using the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Map data 8F 9. The Education Composite Score for a particular Census Tract is based on four indicators, all of which are based on enrollment-weighted averages of the three schools closest to the tract’s center point 9F 10: • Math and Reading Proficiency, where “Proficiency” is the percentage of students performing at grade-level in the 4th grade. • High School Graduation Rate, which is calculated using California Department of Education data on the percent of students who graduate in four years. • Student Poverty, which is measured as the percentage of students that do not receive free and reduced-price lunch. A tract’s composite score is determined by whether it falls above or below the median (50th percentile) tract or block group value within each region. Each indicator that falls above the regional median adds one point to the final score. On the maps, the categories equal the following scores: • Highest: >3-4 • High: >2-3 • Moderate: >1-2 • Low: 0-1 These maps, along with Map 3 showing the predominant race/ethnicity in each area, show the following relationship between residency patterns and proximity to proficient schools by race/ethnicity: • In the County overall, o Cities in the central County have the lowest education scores, indicating that residents in these areas are less likely to live near high quality schools. Areas in the southern County, along the coast, and in the unincorporated areas in the north and east parts of the County, have the highest education scores. 9 The maps were downloaded from the AFFH Data Viewer, which can be accessed at https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-community-development/affirmatively-furthering-fair-housing 10 Detailed descriptions of the methodology used to measure each indicator can be found on the CTAC website, https://www.treasurer.ca.gov/ctcac/opportunity.asp EXHIBIT 6