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What tradition at La Madera Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLEBACK VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063386005300
La Madera Elementary
25350 Serrano Rd., Lake Forest, CA 92630 · (949) 770-1415 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
207 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 39% smaller than its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
61.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.5pp since 2014
Math
59.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.9% | 27.6% | 17.4% | 21.1% |
| Math | 37.3% | 21.6% | 20.5% | 20.5% |
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 | 61.5% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 62.7% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.1% | 60.6% |
| 2018-19 | 69.3% | 64.5% |
| 2017-18 | 67.0% | 58.8% |
| 2016-17 | 70.0% | 57.1% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 La Madera Elementary
La Madera Elementary's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Madera Elementary this school | 554 | 37.4% | 59.7% |
| Hollow Hills Elementary Simi Valley | 560 | 39.5% | 66.2% |
| Serrano Elementary Villa Park | 524 | 40.1% | 51.3% |
| Rancho Canada Elementary Lake Forest | 633 | 36.3% | 56.6% |
| Mound Elementary Ventura | 490 | 38.6% | 65.6% |
| Trabuco Mesa Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 640 | 37.2% | 70.9% |
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 La Madera Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #1,134 of 5,151 | #158 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,116 of 5,172 ▼ 21 | #157 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #1,223 of 5,172 ▲ 1 | #162 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #943 of 5,116 | #70 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,826 of 5,915 | #135 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,085 of 5,352 | #235 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #559 of 5,354 | #38 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #4,447 of 5,625 | #265 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,489 of 3,837 | #231 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
554
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 554 | 22.6 | 24.5:1 | 37% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 21.8 | 27.6:1 | 34% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 24.8 | 24.5:1 | 33% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 23.2 | 27.0:1 | 26% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 22 | 28.5:1 | 25% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | N/A | N/A | 17% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 33 | 22.6:1 | 9% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 24 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Madera Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (627 to 554); teachers down 2% (23.2 to 22.6).
About La Madera Elementary
La Madera Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Lake Forest, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 554 students.
La Madera Elementary is one school in a 33-school district, Saddleback Valley Unified, which enrolls 22,646 students.
At La Madera Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 38%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 13% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
The school has 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For La Madera Elementary, the prediction is 57.6% and the result is 59.7%.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. La Madera Elementary shares Orange County with 648 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, El Toro High is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, La Madera Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 593 (2020-21) to 554 (2024-25).
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at La Madera Elementary. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Saddleback Valley Unified
- Trabuco Hills HighHigh · 2,475 students
- El Toro HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Mission Viejo HighHigh · 1,566 students
- Laguna Hills HighHigh · 1,317 students
- Rancho Santa Margarita IntermediateMiddle · 1,153 students
- Foothill Ranch ElementaryElementary · 990 students
Other schools in Lake Forest
- El Toro HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet ElementaryElementary · 896 students
- Serrano IntermediateMiddle · 868 students
- Lake Forest ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Rancho Canada ElementaryElementary · 633 students
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - Saddleback ValleyElementary · 565 students
Nearby schools
- El Toro High0.1 mi · 1,902
- Rancho Canada Elementary0.5 mi · 633
- Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary0.5 mi · 517
- Serrano Intermediate0.7 mi · 868
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - Saddleback Valley1.0 mi · 565
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - Middle1.0 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About La Madera ElementaryHow many students attend La Madera Elementary?
La Madera Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-06.
Is La Madera Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Madera Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does La Madera Elementary have?
La Madera Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Madera Elementary?
At La Madera Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 0% Black, 16% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is La Madera Elementary public or private?
La Madera Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saddleback Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.