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What's one thing Esther L. Walter gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY·NCES 062343003565
Esther L. Walter
10802 Rustic Ln., Anaheim, CA 92804 · (714) 761-5997 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
21.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
375 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
34.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
27.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.1% | 21.5% | 27.4% | 38.0% |
| Math | 10.0% | 17.5% | 27.5% | 45.0% |
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 | 34.6% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 29.8% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 25.6% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 34.1% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 46.6% |
| 2017-18 | 44.2% | 42.8% |
| 2016-17 | 48.8% | 42.0% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Esther L. Walter
Esther L. Walter's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther L. Walter this school | 442 | 84.8% | 31.5% |
| Dr. J. Michael McGrath Elementary Newhall | 414 | 86.0% | 47.1% |
| Workman Avenue Elementary West Covina | 455 | 86.4% | 39.3% |
| Ethel Phillips Elementary Sacramento | 428 | 85.3% | 21.3% |
| Merwin Elementary Covina | 462 | 84.2% | 43.0% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Oxnard | 476 | 83.4% | 29.9% |
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 Esther L. Walter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,334 of 5,151 | #307 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,477 of 5,172 ▼ 377 | #312 of 382 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #3,481 of 5,172 ▼ 164 | #310 of 382 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #566 of 5,116 | #29 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #3,132 of 5,915 | #240 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,535 of 5,352 | #63 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #3,824 of 5,354 | #296 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #1,684 of 5,625 | #83 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #881 of 3,837 | #91 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
442
-95 (-18%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 85% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 90% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 91% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 92% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 87% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 92% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 834 | 43 | 19.4:1 | 90% (751) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esther L. Walter.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (592 to 442); teachers down 12% (24 to 21).
About Esther L. Walter
Esther L. Walter is a mid-sized elementary school found in Anaheim, California. The school has 442 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Esther L. Walter is in Magnolia Elementary, a district with 4,765 students across 9 schools.
Hispanic students are 82% of those enrolled at Esther L. Walter. The rest of enrollment is 7% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 34%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school's 21 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Esther L. Walter lands at C, ahead of 32% of California public elementary schools.
Esther L. Walter's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.5% is 1.6 points above the 29.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Orange County, 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.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk sits about 0.5 miles from Esther L. Walter. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Esther L. Walter places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Esther L. Walter is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 442 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 537. The ratio was 23.4:1 in 2020-21 and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Esther L. Walter. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Magnolia Elementary
- Dr. Peter MarshallElementary · 714 students
- Dr. Jonas E. SalkElementary · 627 students
- Robert M. Pyles STEM AcademyElementary · 601 students
- Mattie Lou MaxwellElementary · 577 students
- Walt DisneyElementary · 560 students
- Dr. Albert Schweitzer Leadership AcademyElementary · 521 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
- Dr. Jonas E. Salk0.5 mi · 627
- Magnolia High0.7 mi · 1,608
- Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy0.8 mi · 601
- Gilbert Elementary0.8 mi · 515
- Rancho Alamitos High0.9 mi · 1,439
- Bryant Elementary1.0 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Esther L. WalterHow many students attend Esther L. Walter?
Esther L. Walter enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Esther L. Walter serve?
Esther L. Walter serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Esther L. Walter?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Esther L. Walter.
How diverse is Esther L. Walter?
Esther L. Walter reports a student body of 5% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Esther L. Walter in?
Esther L. Walter is part of Magnolia Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.