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If you could change one rule at Gilbert Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001846
Gilbert Elementary
9551 Orangewood Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92841 · (714) 663-6318 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- B+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
22.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
405 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 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 116% larger than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
59%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
56.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.6pp since 2014
Math
53.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.3% | 24.3% | 21.3% | 22.1% |
| Math | 30.2% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 23.8% |
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 | 56.6% | 53.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 55.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.6% | 49.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.2% | 55.2% |
| 2017-18 | 67.3% | 58.0% |
| 2016-17 | 60.9% | 50.7% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 22 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 Gilbert Elementary
Gilbert Elementary's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Elementary this school | 515 | 78.6% | 55.1% |
| Faylane Elementary Garden Grove | 466 | 77.7% | 57.1% |
| Monroe Elementary San Francisco | 533 | 75.8% | 47.0% |
| Stonegate Elementary San Jose | 500 | 76.0% | 32.9% |
| Anderson Elementary Garden Grove | 445 | 80.4% | 27.0% |
| Ethel M. Evans Elementary Garden Grove | 410 | 79.8% | 56.5% |
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 Gilbert Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,398 of 5,151 | #185 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #1,378 of 5,172 ▼ 158 | #181 of 382 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,572 of 5,172 ▼ 40 | #191 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #1,718 of 5,116 | #120 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #2,247 of 5,915 | #166 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,410 of 5,352 | #103 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #1,900 of 5,354 | #164 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,305 of 5,625 | #125 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #729 of 1,139 | #33 of 55 |
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
515
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 515 | 23.1 | 22.3:1 | 79% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 21.5 | 24.1:1 | 80% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 20.5 | 24.2:1 | 79% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 20 | 23.5:1 | 73% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 20 | 24.4:1 | 67% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 64% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 64% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 42% (283) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 20 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilbert Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (488 to 515); teachers up 16% (20 to 23.1).
About Gilbert Elementary
Gilbert Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Garden Grove, California. The school enrolls 515 students in kindergarten through 6.
Gilbert Elementary is in Garden Grove Unified, a district with 36,994 students across 64 schools.
At Gilbert Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups include 40% Asian, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. In all, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 24 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Gilbert Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of California public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Gilbert Elementary is 33.5%. It actually posts 55.1%, which is 21.6 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
Census data for Orange County show median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 649 public schools and about 430,458 students.
Marie L. Hare High is the nearest public school to Gilbert Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Gilbert Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gilbert Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Gilbert Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment rose 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.3:1) than in 2020-21 (23.5:1).
The Gilbert Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
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 Gilbert Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Gilbert Elementary. Gilbert Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Gilbert ElementaryGilbert, SC · 823 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 563 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolLa Fayette, GA · 476 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 415 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolGilbert, IA · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Marie L. Hare High0.7 mi · 218
- Esther L. Walter0.8 mi · 442
- Louis G. Zeyen Elementary0.9 mi · 230
- Faylane Elementary0.9 mi · 466
- Brookhurst Elementary0.9 mi · 427
- Dr. Jonas E. Salk1.1 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Gilbert ElementaryHow large is Gilbert Elementary?
Gilbert Elementary enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Gilbert Elementary serve?
Gilbert Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gilbert Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilbert Elementary is approximately 22.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gilbert Elementary?
At Gilbert Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 40% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Gilbert Elementary?
Gilbert Elementary is overseen by Garden Grove Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.