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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261000152
Guinn (James M.) Elementary
1051 South Sunkist St., Anaheim, CA 92806 · (714) 517-8911 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
373 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 126 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 64% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
24.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
16.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 16.0% | 23.2% | 52.0% |
| Math | 5.8% | 10.8% | 22.8% | 60.6% |
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 | 24.8% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 20.1% |
| 2022-23 | 27.1% | 20.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.6% | 17.2% |
| 2018-19 | 27.5% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 19.0% | 14.2% |
| 2016-17 | 17.9% | 16.0% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Guinn (James M.) Elementary
Guinn (James M.) Elementary's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinn (James M.) Elementary this school | 600 | 62.2% | 22.6% |
| Wallen L. Andrews Whittier | 542 | 61.3% | 50.6% |
| Orange County Educational Arts Academy Santa Ana | 643 | 64.1% | N/A |
| Juarez (Benito) Elementary Anaheim | 581 | 60.1% | 31.5% |
| Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8 San Francisco | 586 | 65.7% | 22.1% |
| T. L. Waggoner Elementary Imperial | 613 | 58.9% | 48.2% |
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 Guinn (James M.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #4,328 of 5,151 | #360 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #4,603 of 5,172 ▼ 446 | #366 of 382 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #4,503 of 5,172 ▼ 508 | #363 of 382 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,140 of 5,116 | #90 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #1,400 of 5,915 | #104 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,043 of 5,352 | #156 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.9% | #4,333 of 5,354 | #329 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #3,376 of 5,625 | #198 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #2,532 of 3,837 | #233 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
600
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 600 | 26 | 23.1:1 | 62% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 26.5 | 22.7:1 | 73% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 27 | 22.5:1 | 69% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 88% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 86% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 28 | 27.1:1 | 78% (595) |
| 2010-11 | 868 | N/A | N/A | 75% (651) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 37 | 22.4:1 | 76% (632) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 25 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guinn (James M.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (676 to 600); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Guinn (James M.) Elementary
Guinn (James M.) Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Anaheim, California. A federal count lists 600 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 29% larger than that.
Anaheim Elementary (24 schools, 13,964 students) runs Guinn (James M.) Elementary.
The large majority of students at Guinn (James M.) Elementary, 88%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. The chance that two students picked at random at Guinn (James M.) Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Guinn (James M.) Elementary reports 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Guinn (James M.) Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 43.1%. Guinn (James M.) Elementary posts 22.6%, 20.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Orange County census figures show that 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%. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
The closest other public school is Katella High, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 30.1% on proficiency, and Guinn (James M.) Elementary is below that at 22.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 632 to 600.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About Guinn (James M.) ElementaryHow large is Guinn (James M.) Elementary?
Guinn (James M.) Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Guinn (James M.) Elementary serve?
Guinn (James M.) Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Guinn (James M.) Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Guinn (James M.) Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Guinn (James M.) Elementary?
At Guinn (James M.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Guinn (James M.) Elementary public or private?
Guinn (James M.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anaheim Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.