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What's one thing Laguna Road Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULLERTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061473001796
Laguna Road Elementary
300 West Laguna Rd., Fullerton, CA 92835 · (714) 447-7725 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
30.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
141 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
81.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.2pp since 2014
Math
80.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 61.5% | 20.3% | 9.4% | 8.8% |
| Math | 58.5% | 21.5% | 12.3% | 7.7% |
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 | 81.8% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 75.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.9% | 78.5% |
| 2021-22 | 85.8% | 80.2% |
| 2018-19 | 88.0% | 84.9% |
| 2017-18 | 86.2% | 82.3% |
| 2016-17 | 78.0% | 76.8% |
| 2015-16 | 83.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Laguna Road Elementary
Laguna Road Elementary's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Road Elementary this school | 623 | 22.6% | 80.5% |
| Margaret Landell Elementary Cypress | 662 | 24.9% | 81.8% |
| Parkmont Elementary Fremont | 734 | 24.0% | 73.2% |
| Curtner Elementary Milpitas | 663 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
| Warwick Elementary Fremont | 700 | 27.1% | 77.8% |
| Quail Summit Elementary Diamond Bar | 696 | 25.0% | 80.7% |
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 Laguna Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #204 of 5,151 | #29 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #233 of 5,172 ▲ 149 | #27 of 382 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #196 of 5,172 ▼ 95 | #27 of 382 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,185 of 5,116 | #94 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,199 of 5,915 | #86 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 30.4:1 | #5,323 of 5,352 | #390 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #3,052 of 5,354 | #249 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #5,055 of 5,625 | #344 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,923 of 3,837 | #262 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
623
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
30.4:1
was 31.0:1
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 | 623 | 20.5 | 30.4:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 22 | 28.3:1 | 20% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 20.5 | 29.4:1 | 24% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 20 | 31.0:1 | 17% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 21 | 32.3:1 | 15% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 21 | 31.7:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 6% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 24 | 26.7:1 | 6% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 25 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laguna Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (678 to 623); teachers down 2% (21 to 20.5).
About Laguna Road Elementary
Laguna Road Elementary is a public elementary school run by Fullerton Elementary in Fullerton, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 623 students in 2024-25. The school is 34% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Laguna Road Elementary is in Fullerton Elementary, a district with 11,247 students across 20 schools.
More than half of the students at Laguna Road Elementary are Asian (71%). The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 9% White, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Orange County's population at about 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Laguna Road Elementary scores 46%.
Based on 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Laguna Road Elementary has a ratio of 30.4:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 8.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 23%. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Laguna Road Elementary lands at A, ahead of 92% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.3% for Laguna Road Elementary. The school posts 80.5%, 14.2 points above the prediction.
Orange County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Laguna Road Elementary among them.
Hermosa Drive Elementary sits about 1.0 miles from Laguna Road Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Laguna Road Elementary is 1st among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Laguna Road Elementary as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Laguna Road Elementary enrolled 620; in 2024-25, 623.
The Laguna Road Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- Acacia ElementaryElementary · 661 students
Other schools in Fullerton
- Troy HighHigh · 2,504 students
- Sunny Hills HighHigh · 2,337 students
- Fullerton Union HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Robert C. Fisler ElementaryElementary · 892 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- D. Russell Parks Junior HighMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- Hermosa Drive Elementary1.0 mi · 302
- Beechwood Elementary1.0 mi · 872
- D. Russell Parks Junior High1.3 mi · 854
- Golden Hill School for Creative & Performing Arts1.3 mi · 610
- Sunset Lane Elementary1.6 mi · 700
- Fullerton Union High1.6 mi · 1,880
Frequently asked questions
About Laguna Road ElementaryHow large is Laguna Road Elementary?
Laguna Road Elementary enrolls approximately 623 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Laguna Road Elementary serve?
Laguna Road Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laguna Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laguna Road Elementary is approximately 30.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laguna Road Elementary?
At Laguna Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 71% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Laguna Road Elementary in?
Laguna Road Elementary is part of Fullerton Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.