Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSTIN UNIFIED·NCES 064015000774
Barbara Benson Elementary
12712 Elizabeth Way, Tustin, CA 92780 · (714) 730-7531 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
22.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
229 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 85 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
37.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.3pp since 2014
Math
43.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.5% | 20.2% | 33.3% | 28.9% |
| Math | 19.3% | 24.6% | 28.1% | 28.1% |
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 | 37.7% | 43.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 51.6% | 45.3% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 42.1% |
| 2018-19 | 47.2% | 47.2% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 44.4% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Barbara Benson Elementary
Barbara Benson Elementary's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Benson Elementary this school | 313 | 73.2% | 44.7% |
| Olive Elementary Orange | 319 | 74.6% | 34.1% |
| Adams Elementary Costa Mesa | 321 | 73.8% | 52.3% |
| Live Oak Elementary Lodi | 323 | 76.5% | 29.4% |
| Miller Elementary Escondido | 378 | 71.7% | 37.9% |
| Hueneme Elementary Port Hueneme | 329 | 72.9% | 21.4% |
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 Barbara Benson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #2,092 of 5,151 | #240 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,006 of 5,172 ▼ 434 | #227 of 382 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #3,160 of 5,172 ▼ 1,091 | #298 of 382 ▼ 64 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #627 of 5,116 | #35 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #4,665 of 5,915 | #370 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,483 of 5,352 | #112 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #3,002 of 5,354 | #247 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #2,757 of 5,625 | #158 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #1,897 of 3,837 | #174 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
313
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 313 | 14 | 22.4:1 | 73% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 64% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 15 | 21.8:1 | 60% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 48% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 15 | 24.9:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 15 | 24.7:1 | 50% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | N/A | N/A | 39% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 16% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara Benson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (373 to 313); teachers down 7% (15 to 14).
About Barbara Benson Elementary
Barbara Benson Elementary, located in Tustin, California, is a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 313 students enrolled. That is 33% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
District-wide, Tustin Unified has 28 schools and 21,220 students.
Federal enrollment data show Barbara Benson Elementary is 71% Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Barbara Benson Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Barbara Benson Elementary outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.7%.
In the surrounding county, Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Barbara Benson Elementary.
Guin Foss Elementary is the nearest public school to Barbara Benson Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Barbara Benson Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Barbara Benson Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Barbara Benson Elementary enrolled 310; in 2024-25, 313.
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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
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- Guin Foss Elementary0.5 mi · 395
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- Columbus Tustin Middle0.9 mi · 583
- Tustin Connect1.0 mi · 268
- Hillview High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara Benson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Barbara Benson Elementary?
Barbara Benson Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-05.
Is Barbara Benson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barbara Benson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Barbara Benson Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Barbara Benson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barbara Benson Elementary?
At Barbara Benson Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Barbara Benson Elementary in?
Barbara Benson Elementary is part of Tustin Unified.
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