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How has Imperial Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE UNIFIED·NCES 062865004432
Imperial Elementary
400 South Imperial Hwy., Anaheim, CA 92807 · (714) 997-6282 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
135 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 35% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
60.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
51.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.3% | 32.2% | 19.5% | 20.0% |
| Math | 27.4% | 23.5% | 24.5% | 24.5% |
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 | 60.5% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 47.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.1% | 49.4% |
| 2021-22 | 64.9% | 55.1% |
| 2018-19 | 62.1% | 57.1% |
| 2017-18 | 68.3% | 58.6% |
| 2016-17 | 68.3% | 55.6% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Imperial Elementary
Imperial Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial Elementary this school | 389 | 34.7% | 55.3% |
| Rose Drive Elementary Yorba Linda | 372 | 37.6% | 76.6% |
| Sutterville Elementary Sacramento | 408 | 30.9% | 61.5% |
| Enders Elementary Garden Grove | 400 | 39.3% | 70.2% |
| Panorama Elementary Santa Ana | 408 | 33.3% | 78.2% |
| Chapman Hills Elementary Orange | 321 | 37.1% | 60.4% |
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 Imperial Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,385 of 5,151 | #181 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,522 of 5,172 ▲ 135 | #192 of 382 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,289 of 5,172 ▲ 77 | #165 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #680 of 5,116 | #44 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #3,823 of 5,915 | #302 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,459 of 5,352 | #107 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #425 of 5,354 | #23 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #4,575 of 5,625 | #280 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #2,011 of 3,837 | #188 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
389
-84 (-18%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 389 | 17.4 | 22.3:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 17 | 24.9:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 17.6 | 25.1:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 16 | 28.6:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 19 | 25.2:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | N/A | N/A | 10% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 6% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 19 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imperial Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (458 to 389); teachers up 9% (16 to 17.4).
About Imperial Elementary
A small elementary school in Anaheim, California, Imperial Elementary is part of Orange Unified. Federal data show 389 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Orange Unified includes 40 schools. Together they enroll 23,790 students.
Of every 100 students at Imperial Elementary, about 35 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 34% White, 16% Asian, and 13% multiracial. Census estimates put Orange County at about 34% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
The school's 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. At Imperial Elementary, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Imperial Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 49% of California public elementary schools.
Imperial Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.3%) and its predicted rate (59.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In Orange County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
Of the public schools around it, Imperial Elementary is closest to Canyon Hills, about 0.2 miles away. Imperial Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Imperial Elementary's average proficiency of 55.3% compares with 71.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Imperial Elementary is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% drop, from 473 to 389. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 24.9:1 in 2020-21 to 22.3:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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
Other schools in Orange Unified
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Villa Park HighHigh · 2,023 students
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Rancho CharterMiddle · 1,144 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 students
Other schools in Anaheim
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Savanna HighHigh · 1,466 students
Other Imperial Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Imperial Elementary. Imperial Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Imperial ElementaryDowney, CA · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Hills0.2 mi · 109
- Canyon High0.2 mi · 2,183
- Crescent Elementary1.1 mi · 805
- El Rancho Charter1.5 mi · 1,144
- Glenknoll Elementary1.7 mi · 390
- Woodsboro Elementary1.8 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Imperial ElementaryHow large is Imperial Elementary?
Imperial Elementary enrolls approximately 389 students in grades KG-06.
Is Imperial Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Imperial Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Imperial Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Imperial Elementary is approximately 22.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Imperial Elementary?
At Imperial Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Imperial Elementary in?
Imperial Elementary is part of Orange Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.