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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001841
Excelsior Elementary
10421 Woodbury Rd., Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 663-6106 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
343 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 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 53% larger than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
50%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
72.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.8pp since 2014
Math
69.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 47.0% | 25.8% | 13.6% | 13.6% |
| Math | 41.8% | 27.2% | 17.4% | 13.6% |
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 | 72.8% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 69.2% |
| 2022-23 | 71.5% | 64.8% |
| 2021-22 | 64.1% | 59.1% |
| 2018-19 | 71.0% | 65.1% |
| 2017-18 | 67.7% | 71.6% |
| 2016-17 | 71.4% | 60.9% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 39 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 Excelsior Elementary
Excelsior Elementary's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Elementary this school | 426 | 80.5% | 71.0% |
| Killian Elementary Rowland Heights | 469 | 78.9% | 49.2% |
| Morningside Elementary Garden Grove | 416 | 76.0% | 62.1% |
| Emerson (Ralph Waldo) Elementary Rosemead | 390 | 77.2% | 41.3% |
| Post Elementary Westminster | 338 | 80.8% | 63.8% |
| Jessie Hayden Elementary Midway City | 514 | 80.2% | 51.4% |
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 Excelsior Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #612 of 5,151 | #94 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #645 of 5,172 ▲ 3 | #100 of 382 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #610 of 5,172 ▲ 24 | #94 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #703 of 5,116 | #38 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #3,330 of 5,915 | #262 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #3,010 of 5,352 | #151 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #2,743 of 5,354 | #224 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #2,143 of 5,625 | #111 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,935 of 3,837 | #265 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
426
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 426 | 18.5 | 23.0:1 | 81% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 19 | 23.1:1 | 85% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 84% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 18 | 25.7:1 | 75% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 18 | 28.5:1 | 72% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | N/A | N/A | 79% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 24 | 21.6:1 | 65% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 16 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Excelsior Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (463 to 426); teachers up 3% (18 to 18.5).
About Excelsior Elementary
Excelsior Elementary is a public elementary school run by Garden Grove Unified in Garden Grove, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 426 students.
Excelsior Elementary belongs to Garden Grove Unified, a district of 64 schools and 36,994 students.
The largest group at Excelsior Elementary is Asian students, at 61%. Other students are 35% Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 22% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.0:1. The school has 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 81% of students (343) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Excelsior Elementary would score about 32.4%. It scores 71.0%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Excelsior Elementary's nearest public school is Mitchell Elementary (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.9%; Excelsior Elementary's is 71.0%, ranking 2nd of 8.
Excelsior Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 427 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 426.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Excelsior Elementary. 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 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
Other Excelsior Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Excelsior Elementary. Excelsior Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Excelsior ElementaryRoseville, CA · 469 students
- EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARYEXCELSIOR, MN · 707 students
- Excelsior Elementary SchoolCENTER, TX · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell Elementary0.3 mi · 390
- Morningside Elementary0.5 mi · 416
- Jordan Secondary Learning Center0.5 mi · 97
- Sunnyside Elementary0.6 mi · 500
- A. G. Cook Elementary0.7 mi · 345
- Donald S. Jordan Intermediate0.7 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Excelsior ElementaryHow many students attend Excelsior Elementary?
Excelsior Elementary enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-06.
Is Excelsior Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Excelsior Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Excelsior Elementary have?
Excelsior Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Excelsior Elementary?
Student demographics at Excelsior Elementary are roughly 1% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 61% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Excelsior Elementary public or private?
Excelsior Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.