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What's the most underrated thing about Demille Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER·NCES 064215006904
Demille Elementary
15400 Van Buren, Midway City, CA 92655 · (714) 894-7224 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- ABeats 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
23.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
380 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 171 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (171) is 185% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
59.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.7pp since 2014
Math
55.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.4% | 25.3% | 18.6% | 21.7% |
| Math | 29.9% | 25.3% | 26.1% | 18.8% |
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 | 59.7% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 52.4% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 56.3% |
| 2021-22 | 57.6% | 53.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.1% | 43.0% |
| 2017-18 | 50.9% | 44.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 42.5% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 17 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 Demille Elementary
Demille Elementary's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demille Elementary this school | 562 | 67.6% | 57.2% |
| Mildred B. Janson Elementary Rosemead | 575 | 66.1% | 62.9% |
| Monterey Vista Elementary Monterey Park | 542 | 67.2% | 73.0% |
| Shelyn Elementary Rowland Heights | 508 | 64.0% | 63.7% |
| Ynez Elementary Monterey Park | 695 | 63.7% | 57.1% |
| Windmill Springs Elementary San Jose | 598 | 74.7% | 33.7% |
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 Demille Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #1,259 of 5,151 | #166 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,302 of 5,172 ▲ 74 | #176 of 382 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #1,354 of 5,172 ▼ 126 | #175 of 382 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,697 of 5,116 | #199 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,745 of 5,915 | #127 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,315 of 5,352 | #173 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #3,413 of 5,354 | #273 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #3,090 of 5,625 | #180 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #345 of 1,139 | #19 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
+68 (+14%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 562 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 68% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 71% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 72% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 73% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 20.5 | 23.7:1 | 83% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 18 | 26.2:1 | 90% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | N/A | N/A | 78% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 75% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 18 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Demille Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (486 to 562); teachers up 17% (20.5 to 24).
About Demille Elementary
Demille Elementary is one of the public schools in Midway City, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. There are 562 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 21% bigger than that mark.
Westminster counts 7,864 students in its 16 schools, and Demille Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Demille Elementary is 74% Asian. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 52 points above the 22% share among Orange County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Staffing at Demille Elementary comes to 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.4:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Demille Elementary counts 68% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Demille Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools.
Demille Elementary outperforms its prediction by 17.3 points. The model expects 39.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 57.2%.
In Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
The closest school to Demille Elementary is Star View Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Demille Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Demille Elementary is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 14% across 4 years, from 494 in 2020-21 to 562 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Demille Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Westminster
- Helen Stacey MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Warner MiddleMiddle · 846 students
- Eastwood ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Jessie Hayden ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Johnson MiddleMiddle · 505 students
- Schroeder ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Star View Elementary0.4 mi · 391
- Jessie Hayden Elementary0.8 mi · 514
- Westmont Elementary1.1 mi · 441
- Warner Middle1.2 mi · 846
- Vista View Middle1.2 mi · 724
- Leo Carrillo Elementary1.3 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Demille ElementaryHow many students attend Demille Elementary?
Demille Elementary enrolls approximately 562 students in grades KG-06.
Is Demille Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Demille Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Demille Elementary have?
Demille Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Demille Elementary?
At Demille Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 74% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Demille Elementary?
Demille Elementary is overseen by Westminster in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.