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Glen Yermo Elementary

26400 Trabuco Rd., Mission Viejo, CA 92691 · (949) 586-6766 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
  • BTest 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
207 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten8929%
Grade 14916%
Grade 23511%
Grade 33311%
Grade 43712%
Grade 53411%
Grade 63110%

This year's kindergarten class (89) is 187% larger than its 6th grade class (31).

Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
8427%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
16855%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
299%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
248%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
15851%
Female
14948%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
46.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
44.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.8pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts20.0%26.4%21.6%32.0%
Math16.8%28.0%24.0%31.2%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2546.4%44.8%
2023-2443.8%46.2%
2022-2348.6%36.0%
2021-2243.8%36.7%
2018-1949.2%41.4%
2017-1848.9%36.0%
2016-1741.5%31.1%
2015-1645.0%29.0%
2014-1543.0%28.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Glen Yermo Elementary

Glen Yermo Elementary's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Glen Yermo Elementary this school30867.2%45.6%
Morrice Schaefer Charter
Santa Rosa
30471.4%N/A
Lake View Elementary
Huntington Beach
36170.6%49.9%
Golden View Elementary
Huntington Beach
34668.8%35.6%
College View Elementary
Huntington Beach
33768.5%54.9%
Gibson Elementary
Woodland
34470.9%27.0%
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 Glen Yermo Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn Orange County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.6%#2,026 of 5,151#234 of 381
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.8%#1,943 of 5,172
▼ 199
#221 of 382
▼ 5
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.4%#2,331 of 5,172
▲ 36
#245 of 382
▲ 10
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+5.4pp#1,538 of 5,116#97 of 381
Enrollment
ranked largest first
308#4,696 of 5,915#372 of 404
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.5:1#83 of 5,352#8 of 398
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.1%#1,716 of 5,354#144 of 398
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
67.2%#3,107 of 5,625#185 of 400
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-36.4%#241 of 3,837#26 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 2024-25
Enrollment
308
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 24.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530818.716.5:167% (207)
2023-2431818.317.4:170% (224)
2022-2330315.719.3:168% (205)
2020-213201324.6:147% (149)
2017-184842024.2:157% (277)
2015-164161724.5:157% (236)
2010-11396N/AN/A48% (191)
2000-017833820.6:117% (134)
1990-917953423.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Yermo Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 36% (484 to 308); teachers down 7% (20 to 18.7).

About Glen Yermo Elementary

In Mission Viejo, California, part of Orange County, Glen Yermo Elementary is an elementary school. The school reports 308 students in kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 34% smaller than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.

Saddleback Valley Unified enrolls 22,646 students in 33 schools, including Glen Yermo Elementary.

By race and ethnicity, Glen Yermo Elementary is 55% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 27% White, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. By the diversity index, Glen Yermo Elementary comes in at 61%.

Glen Yermo Elementary counts 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.5 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 67% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.

allk12 grades Glen Yermo Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

A school with Glen Yermo Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 40.2%. Glen Yermo Elementary scores 45.6%, 5.4 points above that line.

Orange County has these Census figures: median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Glen Yermo Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.

The school nearest to Glen Yermo Elementary is Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Glen Yermo Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Glen Yermo Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 320 in 2020-21 and 308 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.5:1.

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Orange County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Glen Yermo Elementary
District
Saddleback Valley Unified
Address
26400 Trabuco Rd., Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Phone
(949) 586-6766
County
Orange County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
308
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
16.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
207 (67%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
063386005299
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Glen Yermo Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Glen Yermo Elementary?
Glen Yermo Elementary enrolls approximately 308 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Glen Yermo Elementary serve?
Glen Yermo Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Glen Yermo Elementary have?
Glen Yermo Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Glen Yermo Elementary?
Student demographics at Glen Yermo Elementary are roughly 27% White, 55% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Glen Yermo Elementary in?
Glen Yermo Elementary is part of Saddleback Valley Unified.
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