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College Park Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About College Park Elementary
College Park Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Irvine, California, part of Irvine Unified, with 430 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.
Across the 44 schools in Irvine Unified (37,948 students total), College Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, College Park Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
On the income-and-resources front, College Park Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting College Park Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, College Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.2%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), College Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, College Park Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at College Park Elementary has contracted 43%, going from 750 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 55% to 46% over that span.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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