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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER·NCES 064215006901
Anderson Elementary
8902 Hewitt Pl., Garden Grove, CA 92844 · (714) 894-7201 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
358 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 31% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
27.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -18.0pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.0% | 15.1% | 19.3% | 53.7% |
| Math | 10.9% | 15.8% | 24.9% | 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 | 27.0% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 25.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 29.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.3% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 47.9% | 51.3% |
| 2017-18 | 51.7% | 54.7% |
| 2016-17 | 51.4% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Anderson Elementary
Anderson Elementary's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary this school | 445 | 80.4% | 27.0% |
| Ethel M. Evans Elementary Garden Grove | 410 | 79.8% | 56.5% |
| Bitely (Arlene) Elementary Rosemead | 409 | 80.7% | 54.0% |
| Faylane Elementary Garden Grove | 466 | 77.7% | 57.1% |
| Gilbert Elementary Garden Grove | 515 | 78.6% | 55.1% |
| Stonegate Elementary San Jose | 500 | 76.0% | 32.9% |
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 Anderson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,865 of 5,151 | #327 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,565 of 5,172 ▼ 7 | #319 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,268 of 5,172 ▼ 448 | #354 of 382 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #385 of 5,116 | #18 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,099 of 5,915 | #235 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,985 of 5,352 | #83 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #2,184 of 5,354 | #182 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #2,149 of 5,625 | #113 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #1,977 of 3,837 | #182 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
445
-74 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 445 | 20.5 | 21.7:1 | 80% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | 82% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 87% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 82% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 86% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 26 | 23.1:1 | 86% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | N/A | N/A | 81% (589) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 79% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 19 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (526 to 445); teachers down 11% (23 to 20.5).
About Anderson Elementary
Anderson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Garden Grove, California. The school serves 445 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 16 schools in Westminster totals 7,864 students.
At 51%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Anderson Elementary combined. The school is also 42% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. The chance that two students picked at random at Anderson Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school employs the equivalent of 20.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.7:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 80%. That is higher than the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
Anderson Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Anderson Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.0% and a predicted 32.4%.
Among Orange County residents, median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Anderson Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 430,458 students.
The school nearest to Anderson Elementary is Bolsa Grande High, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Anderson Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 519 to 445 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Westminster
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- Warner MiddleMiddle · 846 students
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- Eastwood ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Jessie Hayden ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 505 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Other Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. Anderson Elementary is the 13th largest of the 23.
- Anderson ElementaryCompton, CA · 451 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 748 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Bolsa Grande High0.5 mi · 1,701
- Warner Middle0.6 mi · 846
- Meairs Elementary0.6 mi · 387
- Merton E. Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 278
- Jessie Hayden Elementary0.9 mi · 514
- A. G. Cook Elementary0.9 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Anderson Elementary?
Anderson Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Anderson Elementary serve?
Anderson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Anderson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Anderson Elementary is approximately 21.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Anderson Elementary?
Anderson Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 51% Hispanic, 0% Black, 42% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Anderson Elementary?
Anderson Elementary is overseen by Westminster in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.