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Enrollment
834
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066004763
Golden Elementary
740 East Golden Ave., Placentia, CA 92870 · (714) 986-7160 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL834 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
199 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 165 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 152 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (152).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
90.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
89.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 71.5% | 19.0% | 5.8% | 3.7% |
| Math | 71.6% | 17.8% | 7.6% | 3.0% |
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 | 90.5% | 89.4% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 90.8% |
| 2022-23 | 89.8% | 87.0% |
| 2021-22 | 89.4% | 87.2% |
| 2018-19 | 90.2% | 87.2% |
| 2017-18 | 91.2% | 88.6% |
| 2016-17 | 89.7% | 86.8% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
90.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% 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 25 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 Golden Elementary
Golden Elementary's state test result (90.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Elementary this school | 834 | 23.9% | 90.3% |
| Plaza Vista Irvine | 835 | 20.2% | 69.1% |
| Turtle Rock Elementary Irvine | 881 | 21.3% | 81.0% |
| Easterbrook Discovery San Jose | 952 | 22.2% | 72.6% |
| Hickory Elementary Torrance | 847 | 25.6% | 70.2% |
| Westpark Elementary Irvine | 876 | 28.2% | 72.7% |
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 Golden Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #18 of 5,151 | #2 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #32 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #2 of 382 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #15 of 5,172 ▼ 2 | #3 of 382 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,767 of 5,116 | #203 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 834 | #294 of 5,915 | #29 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #5,008 of 5,352 | #328 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,373 of 5,354 | #121 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #5,012 of 5,625 | #340 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #1,036 of 1,139 | #50 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
834
+71 (+9%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 834 | 31.5 | 26.5:1 | 24% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 29 | 27.7:1 | 19% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 28 | 27.1:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 763 | 29 | 26.3:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 28 | 29.4:1 | 14% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 28 | 29.6:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | N/A | N/A | 6% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 29 | 21.2:1 | 6% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (823 to 834); teachers up 12% (28 to 31.5).
About Golden Elementary
Golden Elementary is an elementary school located in Placentia, California, in Orange County. It serves 834 students in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 79% bigger than that.
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified has 34 schools and 22,665 students, and Golden Elementary is one of those schools.
At 53%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Golden Elementary combined. It is also 19% White, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Orange County's residents are about 22% Asian, 31 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Golden Elementary comes in at 64%.
With 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Golden Elementary was 26.5:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 24%. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 65.6%. Golden Elementary posts 90.3%, 24.7 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Golden Elementary is located in Orange County, where median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Golden Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 430,458 students.
The closest other public school is George Key, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Golden Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Golden Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 763 to 834.
The Golden Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Yorba Linda HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Esperanza HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Travis RanchElementary · 1,197 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
Other schools in Placentia
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- John O. Tynes ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Col. J. K. Tuffree MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Van Buren ElementaryElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- George Key0.1 mi · 124
- Brookhaven Elementary0.7 mi · 482
- Buena Vista Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 97
- Parkview0.8 mi · 259
- Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle0.8 mi · 566
- Charles Wagner Elementary0.8 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Golden ElementaryHow many students attend Golden Elementary?
Golden Elementary enrolls approximately 834 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Golden Elementary serve?
Golden Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Golden Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Golden Elementary is approximately 26.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Golden Elementary?
Golden Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 53% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Golden Elementary in?
Golden Elementary is part of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.