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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261000151
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary
810 North Gilbert St., Anaheim, CA 92801 · (714) 517-8908 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
24.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
316 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 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
32%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
30.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.1pp since 2014
Math
29.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 19.5% | 27.7% | 42.2% |
| Math | 11.8% | 17.6% | 28.2% | 42.4% |
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 | 30.1% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 17.4% |
| 2018-19 | 39.3% | 28.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.0% | 24.7% |
| 2016-17 | 27.2% | 22.3% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary this school | 487 | 64.9% | 27.8% |
| Loara Elementary Anaheim | 511 | 64.0% | 32.8% |
| Rosebank Elementary Chula Vista | 485 | 64.3% | 35.1% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary Sanger | 472 | 65.3% | 57.7% |
| Orchard Dale Elementary Whittier | 472 | 63.8% | 49.7% |
| Linda Vista Elementary San Jose | 437 | 68.2% | 29.8% |
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 Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,771 of 5,151 | #323 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,293 of 5,172 ▲ 214 | #304 of 382 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,972 of 5,172 ▲ 382 | #334 of 382 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #600 of 5,116 | #29 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #2,598 of 5,915 | #196 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #3,998 of 5,352 | #227 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #3,857 of 5,354 | #300 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #3,239 of 5,625 | #192 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #509 of 3,837 | #57 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
487
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 487 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 65% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 72% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 68% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 86% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 25 | 28.0:1 | 86% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 24 | 29.5:1 | 77% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | N/A | N/A | 84% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 34 | 22.2:1 | 88% (662) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 27 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (701 to 487); teachers down 20% (25 to 20).
About Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary
Families in Anaheim, California, are served by Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 487 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
Anaheim Elementary runs 24 schools with a combined 13,964 students. Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.8%; the prediction is 41.5%.
The county, Orange County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary.
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary's nearest public school is Brookhurst Junior High (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 538 students in 2020-21 to 487 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Gauer (Melbourne A.) ElementaryHow large is Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary?
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary serve?
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary have?
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
How diverse is Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary?
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary public or private?
Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anaheim Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.