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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Buena Terra Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRALIA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060807000773
Buena Terra Elementary
8299 Holder St., Buena Park, CA 90620 · (714) 228-3220 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
26.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
351 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (92).
Student demographics
70%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
74.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
77.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +25.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.4% | 28.3% | 16.0% | 9.3% |
| Math | 50.3% | 26.8% | 16.3% | 6.6% |
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 | 74.7% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.1% | 73.4% |
| 2018-19 | 68.3% | 70.0% |
| 2017-18 | 66.8% | 65.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.6% | 63.8% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in California's top 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 Buena Terra Elementary
Buena Terra Elementary's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Terra Elementary this school | 627 | 56.0% | 76.0% |
| Virginia R. Boris Elementary Fresno | 666 | 54.1% | 43.0% |
| George B. Miller Elementary La Palma | 502 | 54.4% | 61.9% |
| A. E. Arnold Elementary Cypress | 560 | 53.0% | 57.9% |
| Plymouth Elementary Monrovia | 547 | 51.7% | 59.6% |
| Stanton Elementary Castro Valley | 515 | 53.0% | 54.6% |
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 Buena Terra Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #390 of 5,151 | #64 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #336 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #46 of 382 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #506 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #83 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,151 of 5,116 | #226 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #1,167 of 5,915 | #83 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,896 of 5,352 | #308 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #625 of 5,354 | #45 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #3,646 of 5,625 | #215 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #420 of 1,139 | #24 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
627
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 627 | 24 | 26.1:1 | 56% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 24 | 26.4:1 | 59% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 25 | 25.8:1 | 56% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 23 | 25.8:1 | 48% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 19 | 29.3:1 | 49% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 52% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | N/A | N/A | 42% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | 26% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 19 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buena Terra Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (556 to 627); teachers up 26% (19 to 24).
About Buena Terra Elementary
Buena Terra Elementary serves students in Buena Park, California, as a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 627 students. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Centralia Elementary is made up of 8 schools with 3,990 students in all.
Buena Terra Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 39%. Smaller groups are 34% Asian, 17% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 26.1:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.8 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 56% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Buena Terra Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Buena Terra Elementary outperforms its prediction by 29.2 points. The model expects 46.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 76.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household income is $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Buena Terra Elementary is one of 649 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Raymond Temple Elementary is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Buena Terra Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Buena Terra Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Buena Terra Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Buena Terra Elementary had 594 students, to 2024-25, when it had 627.
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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 Centralia Elementary
- Los Coyotes ElementaryElementary · 568 students
- George B. Miller ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Centralia ElementaryElementary · 496 students
- Glen H. Dysinger Sr. ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- San Marino ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Danbrook ElementaryElementary · 433 students
Other schools in Buena Park
- Buena Park HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Charles G. Emery ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Gordon H. Beatty MiddleMiddle · 641 students
- Buena Park MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- James A. Whitaker ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Carl E. Gilbert ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Raymond Temple Elementary0.4 mi · 431
- San Marino Elementary0.5 mi · 465
- Hope0.5 mi · 231
- Arthur F. Corey Elementary0.8 mi · 341
- George B. Miller Elementary0.9 mi · 502
- Walker Junior High1.0 mi · 890
Frequently asked questions
About Buena Terra ElementaryHow large is Buena Terra Elementary?
Buena Terra Elementary enrolls approximately 627 students in grades KG-06.
Is Buena Terra Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buena Terra Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Buena Terra Elementary have?
Buena Terra Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Buena Terra Elementary?
Student demographics at Buena Terra Elementary are roughly 17% White, 39% Hispanic, 2% Black, 34% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Buena Terra Elementary in?
Buena Terra Elementary is part of Centralia Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.