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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREA-OLINDA UNIFIED·NCES 060588000526
Arovista Elementary
900 Eadington Dr., Brea, CA 92821 · (714) 529-2185 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
205 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 102 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 108% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Arovista Elementary→Brea Junior High
Based on grade levels within Brea-Olinda Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.3pp since 2014
Math
41.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.2% | 31.5% | 29.3% | 23.0% |
| Math | 23.0% | 18.0% | 36.4% | 22.6% |
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 | 47.8% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 47.8% |
| 2022-23 | 49.5% | 51.7% |
| 2021-22 | 50.3% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 61.6% | 52.7% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 57.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.8% | 54.6% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Arovista Elementary
Arovista Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arovista Elementary this school | 460 | 44.6% | 46.7% |
| Grace Miller Elementary La Verne | 448 | 41.7% | 71.5% |
| Bay View Academy Monterey | 477 | 43.4% | N/A |
| Allen (Ella B.) Elementary Bonita | 422 | 48.6% | 59.5% |
| Macy Elementary La Habra | 413 | 48.9% | 52.3% |
| Ripona Elementary Ripon | 473 | 48.2% | 43.2% |
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 Arovista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,949 of 5,151 | #226 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,222 of 5,172 ▼ 566 | #244 of 382 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #2,215 of 5,172 ▼ 165 | #239 of 382 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.6pp | #337 of 5,116 | #13 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #2,904 of 5,915 | #222 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,986 of 5,352 | #149 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #2,586 of 5,354 | #209 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #4,156 of 5,625 | #237 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #890 of 1,139 | #42 of 55 |
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
460
+51 (+12%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | 45% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | 26% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 18 | 22.7:1 | 32% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 17 | 26.3:1 | 36% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 18 | 27.9:1 | 34% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | N/A | N/A | 38% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 32% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 26 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arovista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (447 to 460); teachers up 18% (17 to 20).
About Arovista Elementary
Arovista Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Brea, California, (ZIP code 92821). It reports enrollment of 460 students in kindergarten through 6.
Brea-Olinda Unified runs 10 schools with a combined 5,740 students. Arovista Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Arovista Elementary is 65% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 22% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Arovista Elementary are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Arovista Elementary totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Arovista Elementary is about 45%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Arovista Elementary is -6.7 points: 46.7% actual, 53.4% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Arovista Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Arovista Elementary is closest to Laurel Elem Magnet Sch of Innovation and Career Explr, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.4%; Arovista Elementary's is 46.7%, ranking 7th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 460, compared with 409 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Arovista Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Brea-Olinda Unified
- Brea Olinda HighHigh · 1,676 students
- Brea Junior HighMiddle · 921 students
- Olinda ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Falcon Academy of Science and TechnologyElementary · 544 students
- Mariposa ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Brea Country Hills ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Brea
- Brea Olinda HighHigh · 1,676 students
- Brea Junior HighMiddle · 921 students
- Olinda ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Falcon Academy of Science and TechnologyElementary · 544 students
- Mariposa ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Brea Country Hills ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Laurel Elem Magnet Sch of Innovation and Career Explr0.8 mi · 434
- Beechwood Elementary0.8 mi · 872
- Hermosa Drive Elementary0.8 mi · 302
- Rolling Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 554
- Brea Junior High1.3 mi · 921
- Brea Online Academy1.3 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Arovista ElementaryHow large is Arovista Elementary?
Arovista Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-06.
Is Arovista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arovista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Arovista Elementary have?
Arovista Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arovista Elementary?
At Arovista Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Arovista Elementary public or private?
Arovista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brea-Olinda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.