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What's the biggest difference between Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001857
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary
12521 Monroe, Garden Grove, CA 92841 · (714) 663-6255 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- CThree-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
22.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
379 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
44.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.0% | 18.4% | 20.6% | 35.0% |
| Math | 21.5% | 19.7% | 26.0% | 32.7% |
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 | 44.4% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 37.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.2% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 52.3% | 50.2% |
| 2016-17 | 47.2% | 41.1% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary this school | 447 | 84.8% | 41.8% |
| Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary San Jose | 508 | 82.7% | 39.4% |
| Mitchell Elementary Garden Grove | 390 | 84.6% | 41.0% |
| Brookhurst Elementary Garden Grove | 427 | 83.6% | 43.4% |
| Parkview Elementary Garden Grove | 433 | 79.7% | 53.9% |
| Meairs Elementary Garden Grove | 387 | 88.9% | 37.5% |
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 Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,321 of 5,151 | #255 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,203 of 5,172 ▼ 133 | #243 of 382 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,511 of 5,172 ▲ 64 | #260 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #1,725 of 5,116 | #134 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #3,063 of 5,915 | #232 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,472 of 5,352 | #110 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #2,333 of 5,354 | #195 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #1,689 of 5,625 | #85 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #1,570 of 3,837 | #141 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
447
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 447 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 85% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 20.1 | 23.2:1 | 86% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 19.6 | 22.6:1 | 85% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 83% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 24 | 22.9:1 | 78% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 25 | 23.9:1 | 77% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 80% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 56% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 21 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (549 to 447); teachers down 17% (24 to 20).
About Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is one of the public schools in Garden Grove, California. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 447 students.
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is part of a district of 64 schools: Garden Grove Unified, with 36,994 students.
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary's enrollment is 57% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 35% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 34%. By the diversity index, Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary comes in at 55%.
The count of teachers at Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is 20 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.4:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. Around 85% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is 11.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.8% versus 29.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Orange County census figures show that median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
The school nearest to Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is Alamitos Intermediate, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 447 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 503.
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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 Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Alamitos Intermediate0.2 mi · 581
- Stanford Elementary0.6 mi · 488
- Louis G. Zeyen Elementary0.7 mi · 230
- Wakeham Elementary0.7 mi · 307
- Marie L. Hare High0.8 mi · 218
- Meairs Elementary1.0 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Ernest O. Lawrence ElementaryHow large is Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary?
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary?
Student demographics at Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary are roughly 3% White, 57% Hispanic, 1% Black, 35% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary in?
Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary is part of Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.