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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061422001626
Gisler (Robert) Elementary
18720 Las Flores St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 378-4211 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
23.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
120 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
80.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.7pp since 2014
Math
76.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.6% | 27.0% | 12.9% | 6.4% |
| Math | 50.4% | 26.5% | 18.8% | 4.3% |
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 | 80.7% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 76.7% |
| 2022-23 | 66.7% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 67.5% | 69.3% |
| 2018-19 | 71.1% | 68.3% |
| 2017-18 | 70.7% | 71.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.9% | 70.0% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Gisler (Robert) Elementary
Gisler (Robert) Elementary's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisler (Robert) Elementary this school | 470 | 25.5% | 77.0% |
| Bryant Ranch Elementary Yorba Linda | 505 | 24.0% | 80.9% |
| Turtleback Elementary San Diego | 458 | 21.6% | 59.7% |
| Springbrook Elementary Irvine | 539 | 29.1% | 61.8% |
| Anaheim Hills Elementary Anaheim | 476 | 18.7% | 80.5% |
| Gold Ridge Elementary Folsom | 496 | 26.8% | 59.3% |
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 Gisler (Robert) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #354 of 5,151 | #55 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #345 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #49 of 382 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #235 of 5,172 ▲ 318 | #40 of 382 ▲ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #560 of 5,116 | #26 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #2,794 of 5,915 | #213 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,362 of 5,352 | #179 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #241 of 5,354 | #5 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #4,952 of 5,625 | #329 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #2,174 of 3,837 | #210 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
470
-71 (-13%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
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 | 470 | 20 | 23.5:1 | 26% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 19 | 25.3:1 | 24% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 19 | 25.0:1 | 23% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 23% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 20 | 27.3:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 20 | 26.6:1 | 20% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | N/A | N/A | 16% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 10% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 18 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gisler (Robert) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (545 to 470); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About Gisler (Robert) Elementary
This page covers Gisler (Robert) Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Fountain Valley, California. The school counted 470 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Fountain Valley Elementary operates 10 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,010 students.
The biggest share of students at Gisler (Robert) Elementary, 32%, is Asian. The next largest groups are 31% White, 21% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. In Orange County overall, about 22% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gisler (Robert) Elementary scores 74%.
The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 120 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Gisler (Robert) Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gisler (Robert) Elementary is 12.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 77.0% actual, 64.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
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 about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Gisler (Robert) Elementary, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Oka (Isojiro) Elementary is closest at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Gisler (Robert) Elementary is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
Gisler (Robert) Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 541 in 2020-21 to 470 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Cox (James H.) ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Newland (William T.) ElementaryElementary · 531 students
Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Fountain Valley HighHigh · 3,171 students
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
- Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Vista View MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Nearby schools
- Oka (Isojiro) Elementary1.0 mi · 504
- Fountain Valley High1.2 mi · 3,171
- Cox (James H.) Elementary1.2 mi · 607
- California Elementary1.3 mi · 373
- Masuda (Kazuo) Middle1.3 mi · 768
- Valley Vista High1.4 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Gisler (Robert) ElementaryHow large is Gisler (Robert) Elementary?
Gisler (Robert) Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gisler (Robert) Elementary serve?
Gisler (Robert) Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gisler (Robert) Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gisler (Robert) Elementary is approximately 23.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gisler (Robert) Elementary?
Student demographics at Gisler (Robert) Elementary are roughly 31% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 32% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Gisler (Robert) Elementary?
Gisler (Robert) Elementary is overseen by Fountain Valley Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.