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Which teacher or staff member at Canyon View Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVINE UNIFIED·NCES 068450007598
Canyon View Elementary
12025 Yale Ct., Irvine, CA 92620 · (949) 936-6900 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
28.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
94 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
79.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
79.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.5% | 25.5% | 13.4% | 7.5% |
| Math | 55.7% | 23.8% | 13.5% | 7.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 79.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.5% | 83.7% |
| 2021-22 | 83.7% | 82.2% |
| 2018-19 | 83.6% | 80.2% |
| 2017-18 | 79.8% | 81.9% |
| 2016-17 | 81.6% | 82.7% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Canyon View Elementary
Canyon View Elementary's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon View Elementary this school | 764 | 12.3% | 79.6% |
| Loma Ridge Elementary Irvine | 766 | 11.5% | 71.5% |
| Carver Elementary San Marino | 777 | 10.8% | 88.9% |
| Fairlands Elementary Pleasanton | 670 | 10.6% | 76.5% |
| Eastwood Elementary Irvine | 647 | 15.6% | 69.8% |
| Donlon Elementary Pleasanton | 700 | 10.4% | 78.8% |
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 Canyon View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #240 of 5,151 | #36 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #252 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #29 of 382 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #317 of 5,172 ▼ 71 | #56 of 382 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #820 of 5,116 | #56 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #484 of 5,915 | #42 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.8:1 | #5,287 of 5,352 | #377 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #2,943 of 5,354 | #244 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #5,416 of 5,625 | #394 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #358 of 1,139 | #20 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
764
+100 (+15%) vs 2017
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
28.8:1
was 28.3:1
% White
15%
was 17%
% Hispanic
7%
was 8%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
70%
was 61%
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 | 764 | 26.5 | 28.8:1 | 12% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 26.5 | 29.5:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 25.7 | 28.6:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 23.5 | 28.3:1 | 12% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | N/A | N/A | 3% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 31 | 21.8:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (664 to 764); teachers up 13% (23.5 to 26.5).
About Canyon View Elementary
Canyon View Elementary sits in Irvine, California, and is classified as an elementary school. The student body numbers 764 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Irvine Unified runs 44 schools with a combined 37,948 students. Canyon View Elementary is one of them.
Asian students account for 70% of enrollment at Canyon View Elementary. Smaller groups are 15% White, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 22% Asian. Canyon View Elementary has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Canyon View Elementary employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 28.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Canyon View Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 12%. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Canyon View Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.3% for Canyon View Elementary. The school posts 79.6%, 7.3 points above the prediction.
Orange County has these Census figures: median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Canyon View Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
The closest public school, Northwood High, is about 0.6 miles from Canyon View Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Canyon View Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 664 to 764. The student mix also changed: the Asian share grew from 61% to 70%.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. 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 Irvine Unified
- Portola HighHigh · 2,693 students
- University HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 2,244 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
- Irvine HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other schools in Irvine
- Arnold O. Beckman HighHigh · 2,776 students
- Portola HighHigh · 2,693 students
- University HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 2,244 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
- Irvine HighHigh · 1,964 students
Other Canyon View Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Canyon View Elementary. Canyon View Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Canyon View ElementarySan Diego, CA · 505 students
- Canyon View Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 394 students
- Canyon View Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood High0.6 mi · 2,244
- Santiago Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 548
- Eastwood Elementary0.8 mi · 647
- Orchard Hills0.9 mi · 1,373
- Hicks Canyon Elementary1.0 mi · 830
- Sierra Vista Middle1.0 mi · 1,282
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Canyon View Elementary?
Canyon View Elementary enrolls approximately 764 students in grades KG-06.
Is Canyon View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canyon View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Canyon View Elementary?
Approximately 28.8:1 students per teacher at Canyon View Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canyon View Elementary?
At Canyon View Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 7% Hispanic, 70% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Canyon View Elementary public or private?
Canyon View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Irvine Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.