Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNA ELEMENTARY·NCES 063603006165
Cerritos Elementary
3731 Cerritos, Anaheim, CA 92804 · (714) 236-3830 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
265 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 65% larger than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
49.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
46.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.0% | 24.5% | 19.7% | 30.9% |
| Math | 19.7% | 27.1% | 21.3% | 31.9% |
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 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 44.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.9% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 50.4% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.9% | 34.4% |
| 2018-19 | 47.8% | 42.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
| 2016-17 | 53.2% | 41.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Cerritos Elementary
Cerritos Elementary's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos Elementary this school | 368 | 72.0% | 48.3% |
| Wren Avenue Elementary Concord | 349 | 76.2% | 16.8% |
| Arthur F. Corey Elementary Buena Park | 341 | 73.9% | 53.5% |
| Lake View Elementary Huntington Beach | 361 | 70.6% | 49.9% |
| Clara J. King Elementary Cypress | 431 | 77.0% | 54.6% |
| Del Rey Elementary San Lorenzo | 373 | 69.2% | 33.0% |
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 Cerritos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,839 of 5,151 | #216 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,801 of 5,172 ▲ 64 | #215 of 382 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #2,075 of 5,172 ▼ 257 | #230 of 382 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #3,227 of 5,116 | #230 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #4,082 of 5,915 | #320 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,927 of 5,352 | #79 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #1,037 of 5,354 | #92 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #2,839 of 5,625 | #160 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #866 of 3,837 | #90 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
368
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 72% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | 74% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 17 | 20.4:1 | 73% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 20.5 | 24.1:1 | 65% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 56% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | N/A | N/A | 47% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 30% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 22 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cerritos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (494 to 368); teachers down 17% (20.5 to 17).
About Cerritos Elementary
Cerritos Elementary sits in Anaheim, California, and is classified as an elementary school. There are 368 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. The school is 21% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Savanna Elementary enrolls 1,719 students, and its 4 schools include Cerritos Elementary.
The biggest share of students at Cerritos Elementary, 50%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 21% Asian, 18% White, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Orange County overall, about 34% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Its staff includes 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. Roughly 72% of students at Cerritos Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cerritos Elementary is 37.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%.
In Orange County, home to about 3,165,820 people, median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Cerritos Elementary among them.
Hansen Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cerritos Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 393 to 368, a 6% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.1:1 in 2020-21 to 21.6:1 in 2024-25.
Cerritos Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Savanna Elementary
- Twila Reid ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Holder ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Hansen ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Other schools in Anaheim
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Savanna HighHigh · 1,466 students
Other Cerritos Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Cerritos Elementary. Cerritos Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Cerritos ElementaryCerritos, CA · 612 students
- Cerritos ElementaryGlendale, CA · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Hansen Elementary0.5 mi · 416
- Frank Vessels Elementary0.8 mi · 650
- Holder Elementary0.9 mi · 445
- Cypress High1.0 mi · 2,685
- Orangeview Junior High1.1 mi · 612
- Juliet Morris Elementary1.1 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Cerritos ElementaryHow many students attend Cerritos Elementary?
Cerritos Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cerritos Elementary serve?
Cerritos Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cerritos Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Cerritos Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cerritos Elementary?
At Cerritos Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 50% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cerritos Elementary public or private?
Cerritos Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Savanna Elementary.
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