Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005981
Adams Elementary
2130 South Raitt St., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 430-5900 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
308 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 70% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.1pp since 2014
Math
24.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 16.6% | 23.8% | 47.0% |
| Math | 10.6% | 13.9% | 27.1% | 48.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 25.2% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.3% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 36.0% | 31.8% |
| 2017-18 | 30.8% | 31.6% |
| 2016-17 | 26.1% | 25.5% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary this school | 320 | 96.3% | 26.7% |
| Stanford Avenue Elementary South Gate | 329 | 96.7% | 47.3% |
| Aspire Firestone Academy Charter South Gate | 330 | 95.8% | N/A |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary Indio | 326 | 96.9% | 18.2% |
| Hillery T. Broadous Elementary Pacoima | 343 | 96.5% | 30.2% |
| Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy Huntington Park | 327 | 94.5% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #3,897 of 5,151 | #331 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #3,823 of 5,172 ▼ 211 | #332 of 382 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #4,066 of 5,172 ▼ 16 | #341 of 382 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #1,066 of 5,116 | #56 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #4,584 of 5,915 | #362 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #161 of 5,352 | #12 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #4,989 of 5,354 | #361 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #289 of 5,625 | #7 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #739 of 3,837 | #75 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-84 (-21%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 1,073
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 320 | 18.6 | 17.3:1 | 96% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 20.1 | 16.3:1 | 91% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 19.7 | 19.7:1 | 81% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 85% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 20 | 22.0:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 94% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | N/A | N/A | 94% (617) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 84% (658) |
| 1990-91 | 1,073 | 40 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (440 to 320); teachers down 7% (20 to 18.6).
About Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary serves students in Santa Ana, California, as a small elementary school. It reported 320 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 31% below average.
Santa Ana Unified runs Adams Elementary along with 50 other schools, enrolling 35,993 students in total.
Roughly 95% of students at Adams Elementary are Hispanic. The remaining students are 2% Asian. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. The diversity index for Adams Elementary is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 96% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Adams Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of California public elementary schools.
Adams Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.7%, compared with a predicted 23.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $116,289 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Adams Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Valley High, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Adams Elementary ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Adams Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 21% drop took enrollment from 404 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.3:1 to 17.3:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Ana Unified
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Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary is the 23rd largest of the 41.
- Adams ElementaryStockton, CA · 492 students
- Adams ElementaryRiverside, CA · 487 students
- Adams ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 469 students
- Adams ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 321 students
- Adams ElementarySan Diego, CA · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Valley High0.4 mi · 1,908
- McFadden Institute of Technology0.5 mi · 1,074
- Carl Harvey Elementary0.5 mi · 268
- Jefferson Elementary0.6 mi · 616
- Gerald P. Carr Intermediate0.6 mi · 886
- Diamond Elementary0.7 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Adams ElementaryHow many students attend Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
Is Adams Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Adams Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Adams Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Adams Elementary is approximately 17.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Adams Elementary?
Student demographics at Adams Elementary are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Adams Elementary public or private?
Adams Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Ana Unified.
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