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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Cambridge Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE UNIFIED·NCES 062865004420
Cambridge Elementary
425 North Cambridge, Orange, CA 92866 · (714) 997-6103 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
355 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
24.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.5pp since 2014
Math
16.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 18.5% | 28.7% | 46.8% |
| Math | 4.6% | 11.5% | 26.7% | 57.1% |
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 | 24.5% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 21.4% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 10.9% |
| 2018-19 | 23.2% | 12.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 15.8% |
| 2016-17 | 32.4% | 17.1% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Cambridge Elementary
Cambridge Elementary's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Elementary this school | 415 | 85.5% | 22.9% |
| Levi H. Dickey Elementary Ontario | 413 | 83.8% | 38.5% |
| Topaz Elementary Fullerton | 404 | 84.9% | 35.2% |
| Calistoga Elementary Calistoga | 405 | 83.7% | 37.9% |
| Granite Hill Elementary Jurupa Valley | 382 | 84.6% | 20.2% |
| Almond Elementary Fontana | 418 | 85.2% | 21.3% |
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 Cambridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,293 of 5,151 | #359 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #4,644 of 5,172 ▼ 555 | #367 of 382 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,528 of 5,172 ▼ 788 | #364 of 382 ▼ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #1,563 of 5,116 | #99 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,498 of 5,915 | #276 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,607 of 5,352 | #126 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #4,326 of 5,354 | #326 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,600 of 5,625 | #75 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #1,681 of 3,837 | #154 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
415
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 415 | 18.4 | 22.5:1 | 86% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 20 | 21.3:1 | 92% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 18.6 | 24.3:1 | 92% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 19 | 24.6:1 | 77% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 17 | 29.6:1 | 79% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 17 | 30.4:1 | 79% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | N/A | N/A | 62% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 38 | 20.0:1 | 55% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 27 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (504 to 415); teachers up 8% (17 to 18.4).
About Cambridge Elementary
Orange, California, is home to Cambridge Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 415 students.
The 40 schools of Orange Unified, including Cambridge Elementary, enroll 23,790 students.
Hispanic students are 88% of those enrolled at Cambridge Elementary. Next come 7% White and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Cambridge Elementary are from different groups.
Cambridge Elementary has 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.5:1. 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 86%. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.4% for Cambridge Elementary. The school posts 22.9%, 6.5 points below the prediction.
Orange County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County's 649 public schools enroll about 430,458 students and include Cambridge Elementary.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) Charter, is the closest to Cambridge Elementary. Cambridge Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 35.5%, higher than Cambridge Elementary's 22.9%.
Cambridge Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 415 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 467. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.6:1 to 22.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Cambridge Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Orange Unified
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Villa Park HighHigh · 2,023 students
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Rancho CharterMiddle · 1,144 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 students
Other schools in Orange
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- Santiago Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,137 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 students
- Orange County Classical AcademyCombined · 740 students
- California iInspire AcademyElementary · 699 students
Other Cambridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cambridge Elementary. Cambridge Elementary is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Cambridge ElementaryVacaville, CA · 738 students
- Cambridge ElementaryConcord, CA · 469 students
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 806 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEM.BELTON, MO · 501 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCAMBRIDGE, NY · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) Charter0.1 mi · 192
- Orange High0.3 mi · 1,728
- Yorba Middle0.6 mi · 418
- Palmyra GATE Magnet0.7 mi · 429
- Richland Continuation High0.7 mi · 165
- California iInspire Academy0.8 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge ElementaryHow many students attend Cambridge Elementary?
Cambridge Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cambridge Elementary serve?
Cambridge Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Cambridge Elementary have?
Cambridge Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cambridge Elementary?
At Cambridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cambridge Elementary in?
Cambridge Elementary is part of Orange Unified.
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