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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261000155
Juarez (Benito) Elementary
841 South Sunkist St., Anaheim, CA 92806 · (714) 517-8923 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- DBeats 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
20.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
349 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 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
30%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
38.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.3pp since 2014
Math
26.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 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 | 12.5% | 25.8% | 26.8% | 35.0% |
| Math | 7.5% | 19.0% | 32.5% | 41.0% |
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 | 38.3% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 29.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 24.3% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 33.0% |
| 2017-18 | 36.8% | 30.9% |
| 2016-17 | 38.4% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Juarez (Benito) Elementary
Juarez (Benito) Elementary's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juarez (Benito) Elementary this school | 581 | 60.1% | 31.5% |
| Wallen L. Andrews Whittier | 542 | 61.3% | 50.6% |
| Guinn (James M.) Elementary Anaheim | 600 | 62.2% | 22.6% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Fillmore | 553 | 57.3% | 33.3% |
| Roosevelt (Theodore) Elementary Anaheim | 663 | 57.3% | 24.2% |
| Jordan Elementary Whittier | 516 | 62.6% | 49.8% |
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 Juarez (Benito) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,328 of 5,151 | #306 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #3,606 of 5,172 ▼ 516 | #322 of 382 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #3,107 of 5,172 ▲ 717 | #294 of 382 ▲ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #1,957 of 5,116 | #136 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #1,554 of 5,915 | #113 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,349 of 5,352 | #57 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #3,939 of 5,354 | #304 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #3,481 of 5,625 | #203 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #687 of 3,837 | #71 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
581
-196 (-25%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 581 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 60% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 30 | 22.1:1 | 72% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 31 | 22.2:1 | 49% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 72% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 30.4 | 26.6:1 | 64% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 27 | 28.3:1 | 58% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | N/A | N/A | 65% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 1,100 | 48 | 22.9:1 | 77% (842) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 26 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juarez (Benito) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (807 to 581); teachers down 8% (30.4 to 28).
About Juarez (Benito) Elementary
Juarez (Benito) Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Anaheim, California. In all, 581 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. That is 25% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Anaheim Elementary, which runs Juarez (Benito) Elementary, has 24 schools and 13,964 students.
Roughly 83% of students at Juarez (Benito) Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Juarez (Benito) Elementary is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.8:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Juarez (Benito) Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Juarez (Benito) Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.5% actual against a predicted 44.3%.
For the population of Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, South Junior High, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Juarez (Benito) Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Juarez (Benito) Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 581, compared with 777 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.8:1.
The discussion board for Juarez (Benito) Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other Juarez (Benito) Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Juarez (Benito) Elementary. Juarez (Benito) Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Juarez (Benito) ElementaryCerritos, CA · 295 students
Nearby schools
- South Junior High0.2 mi · 1,159
- Katella High0.5 mi · 2,326
- Guinn (James M.) Elementary0.5 mi · 600
- Roosevelt (Theodore) Elementary0.7 mi · 663
- Sunkist Elementary1.1 mi · 665
- Lincoln (Abraham) Elementary1.1 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Juarez (Benito) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Juarez (Benito) Elementary?
Juarez (Benito) Elementary enrolls approximately 581 students in grades KG-06.
Is Juarez (Benito) Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juarez (Benito) Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Juarez (Benito) Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Juarez (Benito) Elementary.
How diverse is Juarez (Benito) Elementary?
Juarez (Benito) Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Juarez (Benito) Elementary?
Juarez (Benito) Elementary is overseen by Anaheim Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.