1
What's the one class at El Portal Elementary every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWELL JOINT·NCES 062301005900
El Portal Elementary
200 North Nada St., La Habra, CA 90631 · (562) 902-4211 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
294 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
El Portal Elementary→Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Lowell Joint. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
53.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2021
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 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.6% | 34.4% | 20.7% | 20.3% |
| Math | 32.8% | 20.5% | 24.3% | 22.4% |
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 | 59.0% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.8% | 55.3% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 52.5% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 El Portal Elementary
El Portal Elementary's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Portal Elementary this school | 469 | 62.7% | 56.2% |
| Valle Vista Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 471 | 60.9% | 48.0% |
| Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts Camarillo | 540 | 60.9% | 37.1% |
| Meadow Green Elementary Whittier | 470 | 58.3% | 62.3% |
| Washington Elementary Glendora | 421 | 63.9% | 59.6% |
| Joseph M. Simas Hanford | 514 | 61.3% | 54.1% |
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 El Portal Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,332 of 5,151 | #177 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,393 of 5,172 ▲ 115 | #183 of 382 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,407 of 5,172 ▼ 259 | #179 of 382 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,158 of 5,116 | #227 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,812 of 5,915 | #215 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,327 of 5,352 | #174 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #2,663 of 5,354 | #217 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #3,347 of 5,625 | #197 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #2,429 of 3,837 | #228 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
469
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 63% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 22.3 | 22.8:1 | 60% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 20.2 | 24.2:1 | 58% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 39% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 20 | 26.6:1 | 46% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 19 | 26.8:1 | 51% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | N/A | N/A | 37% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 24% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Portal Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (533 to 469); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About El Portal Elementary
El Portal Elementary is a public elementary school in La Habra, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 469 students.
El Portal Elementary is in Lowell Joint, a district with 2,980 students across 6 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at El Portal Elementary is 67%, a majority. After that, the student body is 18% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Orange County is about 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, El Portal Elementary has a ratio of 23.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public elementary schools, El Portal Elementary outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at El Portal Elementary are 13.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.2% actual, 42.8% predicted).
Orange County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
About 0.6 miles separate El Portal Elementary from the closest public school, La Habra High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, El Portal Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies El Portal Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
From 513 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 469 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 23.4 students per teacher, compared with 25.6 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to El Portal Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Lowell Joint
- Rancho-Starbuck IntermediateMiddle · 687 students
- Jordan ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Meadow Green ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Olita ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Macy ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other schools in La Habra
- La Habra HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Sonora HighHigh · 1,779 students
- Ladera Palma ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 580 students
- Las Positas ElementaryElementary · 565 students
- Imperial MiddleMiddle · 495 students
Nearby schools
- La Habra High0.6 mi · 1,881
- Macy Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- Walnut Elementary0.9 mi · 446
- Jordan Elementary0.9 mi · 516
- Olita Elementary0.9 mi · 425
- El Cerrito Elementary1.1 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About El Portal ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at El Portal Elementary?
El Portal Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-06.
Is El Portal Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
El Portal Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at El Portal Elementary?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at El Portal Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Portal Elementary?
At El Portal Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 67% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is El Portal Elementary public or private?
El Portal Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowell Joint.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.