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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061803008242
Huntington Seacliff Elementary
6701 Garfield Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92648 · (714) 841-7081 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of California public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- CThree-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
24.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
99 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
77.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
71.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.6% | 23.4% | 12.9% | 10.1% |
| Math | 46.0% | 25.5% | 18.4% | 10.1% |
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 | 77.0% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.9% | 75.9% |
| 2022-23 | 81.1% | 78.6% |
| 2021-22 | 76.5% | 73.5% |
| 2018-19 | 88.1% | 83.3% |
| 2017-18 | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2016-17 | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Huntington Seacliff Elementary
Huntington Seacliff Elementary's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Seacliff Elementary this school | 495 | 20.0% | 76.3% |
| Park View Elementary Ripon | 467 | 20.3% | 70.4% |
| Natoma Station Elementary Folsom | 548 | 21.5% | 67.0% |
| Edison Elementary Alameda | 474 | 21.9% | 74.9% |
| Nohl Canyon Elementary Anaheim | 524 | 20.0% | 79.4% |
| Torrey Pines Elementary La Jolla | 465 | 16.8% | 83.7% |
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 Huntington Seacliff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #379 of 5,151 | #60 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #533 of 5,172 ▼ 152 | #81 of 382 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #398 of 5,172 ▼ 181 | #64 of 382 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,536 of 5,116 | #113 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #2,498 of 5,915 | #189 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,282 of 5,352 | #248 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #529 of 5,354 | #35 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.0% | #5,147 of 5,625 | #354 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #605 of 3,837 | #63 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
495
-155 (-24%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 495 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 23 | 23.7:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 24 | 23.3:1 | 22% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 25 | 27.9:1 | 7% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 26 | 28.0:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | N/A | N/A | 3% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 0% (1) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huntington Seacliff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (697 to 495); teachers down 20% (25 to 20).
About Huntington Seacliff Elementary
Huntington Seacliff Elementary is an elementary school located in Huntington Beach, California, in Orange County. A federal count lists 495 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Across its 8 schools, Huntington Beach City Elementary enrolls 4,560 students. Huntington Seacliff Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are the largest group at Huntington Seacliff Elementary, with 42% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 15% multiracial. County-wide, about 43% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Huntington Seacliff Elementary comes in at 71%.
A ratio of 24.8:1 comes from the school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 20% of students at Huntington Seacliff Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 35 points higher.
Huntington Seacliff Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Huntington Seacliff Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 76.3% actual against 67.8% predicted.
In Orange County (population about 3,165,820), median household income is about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Huntington Seacliff Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 430,458 students.
Nearest public school: Huntington Beach High, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Huntington Seacliff Elementary ranks 1st of 7 on average proficiency.
Huntington Seacliff Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 650 in 2020-21 and 495 in 2024-25, a 24% decrease.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Huntington Beach City Elementary
- Ethel Dwyer MiddleMiddle · 884 students
- Isaac L. Sowers MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Agnes L. Smith ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Ralph E. Hawes ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- John R. Peterson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- John H. Eader ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Other schools in Huntington Beach
- Huntington Beach HighHigh · 2,645 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,049 students
- Marina HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Ocean View HighHigh · 1,154 students
- Helen Stacey MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Ethel Dwyer MiddleMiddle · 884 students
Nearby schools
- Huntington Beach High0.9 mi · 2,645
- Agnes L. Smith Elementary1.2 mi · 591
- Ethel Dwyer Middle1.3 mi · 884
- Mesa View Middle1.3 mi · 817
- Hope View Elementary1.4 mi · 546
- Kinetic Academy1.5 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Huntington Seacliff ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Huntington Seacliff Elementary?
Huntington Seacliff Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Huntington Seacliff Elementary serve?
Huntington Seacliff Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Huntington Seacliff Elementary?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Huntington Seacliff Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Huntington Seacliff Elementary?
Student demographics at Huntington Seacliff Elementary are roughly 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 20% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Huntington Seacliff Elementary?
Huntington Seacliff Elementary is overseen by Huntington Beach City Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.