1
Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLEBACK VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063386000769
Lake Forest Elementary
21801 Pittsford Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630 · (949) 830-9945 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
22.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
354 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 | 129 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
67%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
51.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.0pp since 2014
Math
44.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 8 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 | 26.0% | 25.1% | 17.6% | 31.3% |
| Math | 25.7% | 18.6% | 25.4% | 30.2% |
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 | 51.0% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 47.3% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 45.6% |
| 2021-22 | 50.5% | 49.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.5% | 48.4% |
| 2017-18 | 57.3% | 46.8% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 49.9% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Lake Forest Elementary
Lake Forest Elementary's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest Elementary this school | 640 | 55.3% | 48.0% |
| Mary Ann Sanders Elementary Modesto | 558 | 55.0% | 46.9% |
| Lake Hills Elementary Riverside | 638 | 56.4% | 62.9% |
| Cole Elementary Clovis | 667 | 57.3% | 50.8% |
| Gettysburg Elementary Clovis | 626 | 53.0% | 58.6% |
| Mickey Cox Elementary Clovis | 639 | 51.8% | 59.8% |
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 Lake Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,862 of 5,151 | #218 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,968 of 5,172 ▼ 293 | #223 of 382 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,953 of 5,172 ▼ 38 | #221 of 382 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,108 of 5,116 | #87 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #1,094 of 5,915 | #78 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,759 of 5,352 | #135 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #1,004 of 5,354 | #90 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #3,676 of 5,625 | #216 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #847 of 3,837 | #88 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
640
-71 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 1,010
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 28.4:1
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 | 640 | 28.2 | 22.7:1 | 55% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 30.1 | 22.8:1 | 56% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 27.5 | 24.7:1 | 52% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 25 | 28.4:1 | 39% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 31 | 27.8:1 | 37% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 29 | 30.2:1 | 33% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | N/A | N/A | 23% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 1,010 | 46 | 22.0:1 | 10% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (862 to 640); teachers down 9% (31 to 28.2).
About Lake Forest Elementary
Lake Forest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Saddleback Valley Unified, located in Lake Forest, California. It reports enrollment of 640 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
The district, Saddleback Valley Unified, operates 33 schools serving 22,646 students.
The biggest share of students at Lake Forest Elementary, 50%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 22% White, 14% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 34%. The diversity index for Lake Forest Elementary is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.7 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Roughly 55% of students at Lake Forest Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Orange County is close, at 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Lake Forest Elementary outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Lake Forest Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.0% and a predicted 47.1%.
Census data for Orange County show the median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Lake Forest Elementary, Orange County has 649 public schools.
The closest school to Lake Forest Elementary is Del Lago Elementary, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lake Forest Elementary is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Lake Forest Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 10% across 4 years, from 711 in 2020-21 to 640 in 2024-25. The ratio was 28.4:1 in 2020-21 and 22.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- Rancho Canada ElementaryElementary · 633 students
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - Saddleback ValleyElementary · 565 students
- La Madera ElementaryElementary · 554 students
Other Lake Forest Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Forest Elementary. Lake Forest Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Lake Forest ElementaryEl Dorado Hills, CA · 421 students
- Lake Forest ElementaryGreenville, SC · 829 students
- LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPEMBROKE PARK, FL · 555 students
- Lake Forest ElementaryAtlanta, GA · 534 students
- LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Del Lago Elementary0.9 mi · 362
- Glen Yermo Elementary1.1 mi · 308
- La Madera Elementary1.1 mi · 554
- El Toro High1.1 mi · 1,902
- Rancho Canada Elementary1.2 mi · 633
- Oxford Preparatory Academy - South Orange County1.3 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Forest ElementaryHow large is Lake Forest Elementary?
Lake Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 640 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lake Forest Elementary serve?
Lake Forest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Forest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Forest Elementary is approximately 22.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Forest Elementary?
At Lake Forest Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 50% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Forest Elementary?
Lake Forest Elementary is overseen by Saddleback Valley Unified in Orange County.
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