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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261000149
Edison (Thomas) Elementary
1526 East Romneya Dr., Anaheim, CA 92805 · (714) 517-8902 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
432 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (109).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
28.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
20.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.5% | 18.9% | 27.1% | 44.5% |
| Math | 7.8% | 13.2% | 27.1% | 51.9% |
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 | 28.4% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 22.8% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 15.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.9% | 17.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.0% | 19.5% |
| 2016-17 | 16.1% | 14.2% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Edison (Thomas) Elementary
Edison (Thomas) Elementary's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison (Thomas) Elementary this school | 705 | 61.3% | 25.7% |
| Imperial Cross Elementary Imperial | 760 | 61.3% | 46.8% |
| Orange County Educational Arts Academy Santa Ana | 643 | 64.1% | N/A |
| Guinn (James M.) Elementary Anaheim | 600 | 62.2% | 22.6% |
| T. L. Waggoner Elementary Imperial | 613 | 58.9% | 48.2% |
| Hollister Dual Language Academy Hollister | 858 | 62.0% | 32.5% |
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 Edison (Thomas) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #4,000 of 5,151 | #342 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,207 of 5,172 ▼ 338 | #352 of 382 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #4,134 of 5,172 ▼ 230 | #347 of 382 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,264 of 5,116 | #163 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #728 of 5,915 | #50 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,358 of 5,352 | #177 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #4,825 of 5,354 | #358 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #3,419 of 5,625 | #201 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #1,432 of 3,837 | #130 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
705
-134 (-16%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 705 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 61% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 30 | 24.4:1 | 74% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 771 | 32 | 24.1:1 | 76% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 32 | 26.2:1 | 95% (793) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 35.4 | 24.9:1 | 93% (819) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 33 | 28.0:1 | 90% (830) |
| 2010-11 | 992 | N/A | N/A | 96% (952) |
| 2000-01 | 1,210 | 57 | 21.2:1 | 96% (1,160) |
| 1990-91 | 786 | 28 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison (Thomas) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (880 to 705); teachers down 15% (35.4 to 30).
About Edison (Thomas) Elementary
Anaheim, California, is home to Edison (Thomas) Elementary, a large elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 705 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 52% larger than that mark.
Edison (Thomas) Elementary belongs to Anaheim Elementary, a district of 24 schools and 13,964 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Edison (Thomas) Elementary are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 2% Asian and 2% White. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Edison (Thomas) Elementary is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 23.5 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Of all students at Edison (Thomas) Elementary, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Edison (Thomas) Elementary lands at D, ahead of 14% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Edison (Thomas) Elementary is 43.6%. It actually posts 25.7%, which is 18.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sycamore Junior High, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.2%; Edison (Thomas) Elementary's is 25.7%, ranking 3rd of 7.
The federal government classifies Edison (Thomas) Elementary's location as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Edison (Thomas) Elementary had a net loss of 134 students, or 16%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.2 to 23.5 over 4 years.
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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
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- Marshall (John) ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Sunkist ElementaryElementary · 665 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
Nearby schools
- Sycamore Junior High0.4 mi · 1,137
- Lincoln (Abraham) Elementary0.9 mi · 740
- Sunkist Elementary1.1 mi · 665
- Commonwealth Elementary1.3 mi · 268
- Epic California Academy1.4 mi · 1,022
- Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts1.5 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About Edison (Thomas) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Edison (Thomas) Elementary?
Edison (Thomas) Elementary enrolls approximately 705 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Edison (Thomas) Elementary serve?
Edison (Thomas) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Edison (Thomas) Elementary?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Edison (Thomas) Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Edison (Thomas) Elementary?
Student demographics at Edison (Thomas) Elementary are roughly 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Edison (Thomas) Elementary in?
Edison (Thomas) Elementary is part of Anaheim Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.