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What tradition at Greenville Fundamental Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
817
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005987
Greenville Fundamental Elementary
3600 South Raitt St., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 558-3400 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- C-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
24.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
653 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
46.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
35.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.2pp 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 36 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.1% | 23.1% | 24.3% | 29.5% |
| Math | 15.7% | 20.1% | 32.1% | 32.1% |
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 | 46.1% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.2% | 32.1% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 47.7% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 45.3% | 43.6% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Greenville Fundamental Elementary
Greenville Fundamental Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Fundamental Elementary this school | 817 | 79.9% | 41.0% |
| La Mirada Academy San Marcos | 868 | 77.4% | 25.4% |
| Wilhelmina Henry Elementary Stockton | 881 | 81.6% | 16.2% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary Jurupa Valley | 819 | 78.3% | 24.4% |
| Natividad Elementary Salinas | 705 | 78.9% | 15.1% |
| Santiago Elementary Santa Ana | 906 | 76.8% | 31.4% |
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 Greenville Fundamental Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,388 of 5,151 | #257 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #2,670 of 5,172 ▼ 527 | #270 of 382 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #2,350 of 5,172 ▲ 248 | #246 of 382 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,065 of 5,116 | #82 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #339 of 5,915 | #32 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,726 of 5,352 | #202 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #4,377 of 5,354 | #332 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #2,196 of 5,625 | #117 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #1,165 of 3,837 | #115 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
817
-159 (-16%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 916
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 27.1:1
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 | 817 | 34.1 | 24.0:1 | 80% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 38.5 | 23.0:1 | 68% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 38.6 | 23.5:1 | 66% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 976 | 36 | 27.1:1 | 62% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 1,052 | 37 | 28.4:1 | 63% (659) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 37 | 28.5:1 | 79% (837) |
| 2010-11 | 986 | N/A | N/A | 61% (599) |
| 2000-01 | 959 | 43 | 22.3:1 | 26% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 916 | 31 | 29.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenville Fundamental Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,052 to 817); teachers down 8% (37 to 34.1).
About Greenville Fundamental Elementary
Greenville Fundamental Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Santa Ana, California, under Santa Ana Unified. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 817 students. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 76% higher.
Greenville Fundamental Elementary is in Santa Ana Unified, a district with 35,993 students across 51 schools.
Hispanic students make up 89% of enrollment at Greenville Fundamental Elementary. Other students are 6% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 24.0 students per teacher and 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 80%. That is 25 points above the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for Greenville Fundamental Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Greenville Fundamental Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 32.7%. Greenville Fundamental Elementary scores 41.0%, 8.3 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Orange County is home to 649 public schools and about 430,458 public school students.
Nearby, Segerstrom High is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Greenville Fundamental Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Greenville Fundamental Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when Greenville Fundamental Elementary had 976 students, to 2024-25, when it had 817. The ratio was 27.1:1 in 2020-21 and 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Greenville Fundamental Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Santa Ana Unified
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,519 students
- Saddleback HighHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Santa Ana
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,126 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
Nearby schools
- Segerstrom High0.3 mi · 2,376
- Jim Thorpe Fundamental0.3 mi · 738
- California Pacific Charter - San Diego0.6 mi · 310
- California Pacific Charter- Los Angeles0.6 mi · 423
- McFadden Institute of Technology0.8 mi · 1,074
- Jefferson Elementary1.1 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Greenville Fundamental ElementaryHow many students attend Greenville Fundamental Elementary?
Greenville Fundamental Elementary enrolls approximately 817 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Greenville Fundamental Elementary serve?
Greenville Fundamental Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenville Fundamental Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenville Fundamental Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Greenville Fundamental Elementary?
Student demographics at Greenville Fundamental Elementary are roughly 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Greenville Fundamental Elementary public or private?
Greenville Fundamental Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.