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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE UNIFIED·NCES 062865004435
Lampson Elementary
13321 Lampson Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92840 · (714) 997-6153 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
26.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
554 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
28%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
33.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
27.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 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 are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 23.1% | 26.2% | 40.0% |
| Math | 10.9% | 16.4% | 27.6% | 45.1% |
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 | 33.8% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 26.6% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 31.5% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.9% | 31.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.0% | 31.2% |
| 2016-17 | 34.9% | 30.2% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Lampson Elementary
Lampson Elementary's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lampson Elementary this school | 676 | 82.0% | 29.5% |
| Marshall (John) Elementary Anaheim | 688 | 82.1% | 24.6% |
| Woodland Prairie Elementary Woodland | 713 | 83.6% | 23.0% |
| Ann B. Leavenworth Fresno | 748 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
| Sinclear Elementary Ceres | 581 | 82.6% | 32.6% |
| Sunkist Elementary Anaheim | 665 | 84.2% | 22.1% |
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 Lampson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #3,581 of 5,151 | #315 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #3,498 of 5,172 ▼ 64 | #314 of 382 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,580 of 5,172 ▲ 35 | #313 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,686 of 5,116 | #198 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #865 of 5,915 | #60 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.7:1 | #5,045 of 5,352 | #335 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #4,039 of 5,354 | #306 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #1,980 of 5,625 | #103 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #2,153 of 3,837 | #209 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
676
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,015
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
was 29.4:1
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 | 676 | 25.4 | 26.7:1 | 82% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 18.1 | 32.1:1 | 90% (526) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 21.4 | 28.8:1 | 89% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 24 | 29.4:1 | 70% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 28.4 | 27.7:1 | 81% (634) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 31 | 27.2:1 | 83% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 879 | N/A | N/A | 78% (690) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 51 | 19.8:1 | 74% (745) |
| 1990-91 | 1,015 | 37 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lampson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (786 to 676); teachers down 11% (28.4 to 25.4).
About Lampson Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Lampson Elementary serves students in Garden Grove, California. It teaches 676 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 45% higher.
Lampson Elementary reports to Orange Unified, which has 40 schools and 23,790 students.
Hispanic students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Asian, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. Orange County's residents are about 34% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. The diversity index for Lampson Elementary is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 26.7:1. The school's 26.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. About 82% of students at Lampson Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 27 points lower.
Lampson Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of California public elementary schools.
Lampson Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.5% is 2.0 points below the 31.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
Lampson Elementary's nearest public school is Earl Warren Elementary (about 0.6 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lampson Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Lampson Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 676, from 705 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 29.4:1 in 2020-21, and 26.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lampson ElementaryHow many students attend Lampson Elementary?
Lampson Elementary enrolls approximately 676 students in grades KG-06.
Is Lampson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lampson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Lampson Elementary?
Approximately 26.7:1 students per teacher at Lampson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Lampson Elementary?
Student demographics at Lampson Elementary are roughly 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lampson Elementary in?
Lampson Elementary is part of Orange Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.