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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Clara J. King Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CYPRESS ELEMENTARY·NCES 061044001169
Clara J. King Elementary
8710 Moody St., Cypress, CA 90630 · (714) 220-6980 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- B-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
25.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
332 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
58.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 8 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 | 33.5% | 25.4% | 16.1% | 25.0% |
| Math | 29.1% | 22.1% | 23.2% | 25.6% |
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 | 58.9% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.3% | 46.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.2% | 51.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.3% | 55.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.5% | 53.9% |
| 2016-17 | 52.6% | 49.1% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 20 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 Clara J. King Elementary
Clara J. King Elementary's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara J. King Elementary this school | 431 | 77.0% | 54.6% |
| Walker Elementary San Diego | 398 | 76.1% | 40.4% |
| Wren Avenue Elementary Concord | 349 | 76.2% | 16.8% |
| Cerritos Elementary Anaheim | 368 | 72.0% | 48.3% |
| Bay Elementary San Lorenzo | 422 | 69.7% | 42.1% |
| Holder Elementary Buena Park | 445 | 80.4% | 52.8% |
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 Clara J. King Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,425 of 5,151 | #187 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,511 of 5,172 ▼ 88 | #190 of 382 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #1,413 of 5,172 ▲ 83 | #180 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,496 of 5,116 | #184 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,269 of 5,915 | #253 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.4:1 | #4,597 of 5,352 | #271 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #807 of 5,354 | #72 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,456 of 5,625 | #134 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #1,472 of 3,837 | #134 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
431
-79 (-15%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 431 | 17 | 25.4:1 | 77% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 18 | 25.1:1 | 73% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 18 | 24.9:1 | 69% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 19 | 26.8:1 | 57% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 20 | 26.8:1 | 62% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 62% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 60% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 46% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 23 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clara J. King Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (536 to 431); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About Clara J. King Elementary
Cypress, California, is home to Clara J. King Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 431 students across kindergarten through 6.
Clara J. King Elementary is one of 6 schools in Cypress Elementary, which enrolls 3,268 students in total.
The student body at Clara J. King Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups include 27% Asian, 13% White, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Clara J. King Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.4:1, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 77% at Clara J. King Elementary. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Clara J. King Elementary outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Clara J. King Elementary scores 20.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 54.6% actual versus 34.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
John F. Kennedy High is the nearest public school to Clara J. King Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 54.6% is below the 64.1% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment decreased by 15% across 4 years, from 510 in 2020-21 to 431 in 2024-25. The ratio was 26.8:1 in 2020-21 and 25.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Cypress Elementary
- Margaret Landell ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Frank Vessels ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Juliet Morris ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- A. E. Arnold ElementaryElementary · 560 students
- Steve Luther ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Other schools in Cypress
- Cypress HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Oxford AcademyHigh · 1,315 students
- Lexington Junior HighMiddle · 1,188 students
- Margaret Landell ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Frank Vessels ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Juliet Morris ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy High0.6 mi · 1,983
- Los Coyotes Elementary0.6 mi · 568
- Walker Junior High0.7 mi · 890
- Oxford Academy0.8 mi · 1,315
- A. E. Arnold Elementary0.8 mi · 560
- Steve Luther Elementary0.8 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Clara J. King ElementaryHow large is Clara J. King Elementary?
Clara J. King Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Clara J. King Elementary serve?
Clara J. King Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Clara J. King Elementary?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at Clara J. King Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Clara J. King Elementary?
Student demographics at Clara J. King Elementary are roughly 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 4% Black, 27% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Clara J. King Elementary in?
Clara J. King Elementary is part of Cypress Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.