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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULLERTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061473001793
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts
732 Barris Dr., Fullerton, CA 92832 · (714) 447-7715 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- BThree-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
26.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
242 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
66.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.5pp since 2014
Math
61.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.7% | 31.8% | 18.1% | 15.4% |
| Math | 35.9% | 25.8% | 21.7% | 16.6% |
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 | 66.5% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 59.8% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 60.9% |
| 2021-22 | 60.1% | 60.2% |
| 2018-19 | 59.8% | 53.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.9% | 56.2% |
| 2016-17 | 60.1% | 51.1% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts this school | 610 | 39.7% | 61.6% |
| Rosedell Elementary Saugus | 660 | 39.4% | 60.0% |
| Rancho Rosal Elementary Camarillo | 588 | 37.6% | 50.0% |
| Valencia Elementary Upland | 571 | 40.8% | 63.0% |
| Paloma Elementary Temecula | 547 | 36.2% | 63.5% |
| Empresa Elementary Oceanside | 705 | 41.3% | 65.9% |
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 Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #1,038 of 5,151 | #150 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #980 of 5,172 ▲ 50 | #143 of 382 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #932 of 5,172 ▲ 359 | #139 of 382 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,964 of 5,116 | #137 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,309 of 5,915 | #94 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #5,016 of 5,352 | #330 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #1,226 of 5,354 | #110 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #4,347 of 5,625 | #254 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #2,176 of 3,837 | #211 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
610
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 26.0:1
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 | 610 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 40% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 31% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 22 | 28.0:1 | 33% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 24 | 26.0:1 | 27% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 25 | 28.3:1 | 28% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 26 | 29.2:1 | 29% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | N/A | N/A | 22% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 28 | 25.3:1 | 31% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 22 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (708 to 610); teachers down 8% (25 to 23).
About Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts
Located in Fullerton, California, Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 610 students in kindergarten through 6. That is 31% bigger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts sits within Fullerton Elementary, which has 20 schools and 11,247 students.
Hispanic students make up 41% of enrollment at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 40% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
On staff are 23 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.5:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 40% of students at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts, the prediction is 56.3% and the result is 61.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that 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. Across Orange County, 649 public schools serve about 430,458 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fern Drive Elementary, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts's location as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (624) to 2024-25 (610).
On allk12, people connected to Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- D. Russell Parks Junior HighMiddle · 854 students
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- Acacia ElementaryElementary · 661 students
Other schools in Fullerton
- Troy HighHigh · 2,504 students
- Sunny Hills HighHigh · 2,337 students
- Fullerton Union HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Robert C. Fisler ElementaryElementary · 892 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- D. Russell Parks Junior HighMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- Fern Drive Elementary0.7 mi · 372
- Sunny Hills High0.9 mi · 2,337
- Fullerton Union High1.0 mi · 1,880
- Richman Elementary1.1 mi · 470
- Pacific Drive Elementary1.2 mi · 607
- D. Russell Parks Junior High1.2 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts?
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-06.
Is Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts?
Approximately 26.5:1 students per teacher at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts.
What is the student diversity at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts?
Student demographics at Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts are roughly 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts public or private?
Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fullerton Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.