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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488009371
Leo Carrillo Elementary
15270 Bushard St., Westminster, CA 92683 · (714) 663-6230 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
458 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
37.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.2pp since 2014
Math
34.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.1pp 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 34 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 up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.4% | 20.4% | 23.1% | 39.1% |
| Math | 14.7% | 19.4% | 21.4% | 44.5% |
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 | 37.8% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 34.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.2% | 34.1% |
| 2018-19 | 45.5% | 44.2% |
| 2017-18 | 45.3% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.3% | 37.0% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Leo Carrillo Elementary
Leo Carrillo Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Carrillo Elementary this school | 508 | 90.2% | 37.2% |
| Brookhurst Elementary Garden Grove | 427 | 83.6% | 43.4% |
| Norseman Elementary Fresno | 554 | 93.5% | 25.3% |
| Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary San Jose | 508 | 82.7% | 39.4% |
| Ernest O. Lawrence Elementary Garden Grove | 447 | 84.8% | 41.8% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Garden Grove | 474 | 82.7% | 42.9% |
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 Leo Carrillo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,740 of 5,151 | #278 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #2,825 of 5,172 ▼ 163 | #279 of 382 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #3,148 of 5,172 ▼ 741 | #297 of 382 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #1,031 of 5,116 | #76 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #2,332 of 5,915 | #174 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,748 of 5,352 | #288 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #2,289 of 5,354 | #192 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,085 of 5,625 | #53 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #2,116 of 3,837 | #201 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
508
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 508 | 19.8 | 25.7:1 | 90% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 21.6 | 23.7:1 | 91% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 21.6 | 23.8:1 | 92% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 86% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 23.5 | 25.2:1 | 87% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 82% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | N/A | N/A | 82% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 75% (552) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 14 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leo Carrillo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (593 to 508); teachers down 16% (23.5 to 19.8).
About Leo Carrillo Elementary
Located in Westminster, California, Leo Carrillo Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 508 students.
The district, Garden Grove Unified, has 36,994 students enrolled across 64 schools.
Hispanic students are 60% of those enrolled at Leo Carrillo Elementary. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 26 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. The diversity index for Leo Carrillo Elementary is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.7% for Leo Carrillo Elementary. The school posts 37.2%, 10.4 points above the prediction.
The school is in Orange County, where median household income comes to about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County's 649 public schools enroll about 430,458 students and include Leo Carrillo Elementary.
About 0.3 miles separate Leo Carrillo Elementary from the closest public school, Sarah McGarvin Intermediate. The five-mile area around Leo Carrillo Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 68.4% on proficiency, and Leo Carrillo Elementary is below that at 37.2%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 508 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 482. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.1:1 to 25.7:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Leo Carrillo Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
Related schools
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- Sarah McGarvin Intermediate0.3 mi · 717
- John Murdy Elementary0.4 mi · 689
- John Marshall Elementary0.6 mi · 323
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary0.7 mi · 332
- La Quinta High0.9 mi · 2,041
- Ethan B. Allen Elementary0.9 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About Leo Carrillo ElementaryHow many students attend Leo Carrillo Elementary?
Leo Carrillo Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Leo Carrillo Elementary serve?
Leo Carrillo Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Leo Carrillo Elementary?
Approximately 25.7:1 students per teacher at Leo Carrillo Elementary.
How diverse is Leo Carrillo Elementary?
Leo Carrillo Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 60% Hispanic, 0% Black, 28% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Leo Carrillo Elementary public or private?
Leo Carrillo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.