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What's one thing Carl E. Gilbert Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUENA PARK ELEMENTARY·NCES 060636000556
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary
7255 Eighth St., Buena Park, CA 90621 · (714) 522-7281 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
27.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
460 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
19.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
22.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 13.3% | 27.8% | 52.6% |
| Math | 5.2% | 17.2% | 29.2% | 48.5% |
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 | 19.7% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.1% | 24.6% |
| 2018-19 | 33.0% | 38.5% |
| 2017-18 | 32.3% | 32.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.5% | 30.3% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Carl E. Gilbert Elementary
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl E. Gilbert Elementary this school | 490 | 93.9% | 21.9% |
| Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary Stockton | 482 | 91.9% | 21.2% |
| Balboa Elementary San Diego | 457 | 92.1% | 28.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary San Bernardino | 512 | 94.9% | 29.3% |
| Walnut Avenue Elementary Chino | 483 | 91.7% | 27.1% |
| Don Stowell Elementary Merced | 501 | 96.0% | 17.7% |
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 Carl E. Gilbert Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,400 of 5,151 | #362 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,066 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #344 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #4,860 of 5,172 ▼ 585 | #374 of 382 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #575 of 5,116 | #30 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #2,549 of 5,915 | #192 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #5,126 of 5,352 | #350 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #4,272 of 5,354 | #319 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #591 of 5,625 | #25 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #1,102 of 3,837 | #114 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
490
-102 (-17%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 490 | 18.1 | 27.0:1 | 94% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 20 | 26.3:1 | 90% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 21 | 24.2:1 | 91% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 88% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 96% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 29 | 24.9:1 | 91% (658) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | N/A | N/A | 94% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 40 | 20.5:1 | 87% (715) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 32 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl E. Gilbert Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (635 to 490); teachers down 27% (25 to 18.1).
About Carl E. Gilbert Elementary
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary is an elementary school in Buena Park, California, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 490 students in kindergarten through 5.
Buena Park Elementary enrolls 3,675 students in 7 schools, including Carl E. Gilbert Elementary.
Roughly 88% of students at Carl E. Gilbert Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary has 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Carl E. Gilbert Elementary is 24.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.9%.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Of the public schools around it, Carl E. Gilbert Elementary is closest to Buena Park Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Carl E. Gilbert Elementary places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
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.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 102 students, from 592 to 490. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 27.0:1, from 23.7:1.
This page is set up for the Carl E. Gilbert Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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 Buena Park Elementary
- Charles G. Emery ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Gordon H. Beatty MiddleMiddle · 641 students
- Buena Park MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- James A. Whitaker ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Mabel L. Pendleton ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Arthur F. Corey ElementaryElementary · 341 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
- Buena Terra ElementaryElementary · 627 students
- James A. Whitaker ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Park Middle0.7 mi · 633
- Mabel L. Pendleton Elementary1.0 mi · 365
- Arthur F. Corey Elementary1.2 mi · 341
- James A. Whitaker Elementary1.2 mi · 559
- Hope1.4 mi · 231
- Raymond Temple Elementary1.4 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Carl E. Gilbert ElementaryHow large is Carl E. Gilbert Elementary?
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Carl E. Gilbert Elementary serve?
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Carl E. Gilbert Elementary have?
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Carl E. Gilbert Elementary?
Student demographics at Carl E. Gilbert Elementary are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carl E. Gilbert Elementary in?
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary is part of Buena Park Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.