Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488007588
Linton T. Simmons Elementary
11602 Steele Dr., Garden Grove, CA 92841 · (714) 663-6096 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- 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
24.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
231 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
20%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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
34.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 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 up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.0% | 21.4% | 19.3% | 39.3% |
| Math | 17.1% | 17.1% | 25.0% | 40.7% |
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 | 41.4% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 40.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.4% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 40.4% | 32.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Linton T. Simmons Elementary
Linton T. Simmons Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linton T. Simmons Elementary this school | 247 | 93.5% | 40.7% |
| Harvard Elementary Los Angeles | 249 | 95.2% | 37.1% |
| Villacorta Elementary La Puente | 261 | 94.6% | 27.3% |
| Griffin Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 287 | 92.0% | 38.2% |
| Glassell Park ES Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Magnet Los Angeles | 234 | 93.2% | 28.5% |
| La Primaria Elementary El Monte | 242 | 88.4% | 21.2% |
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 Linton T. Simmons Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,419 of 5,151 | #259 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #2,811 of 5,172 ▼ 643 | #277 of 382 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,777 of 5,172 ▼ 737 | #279 of 382 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #1,550 of 5,116 | #98 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #5,135 of 5,915 | #393 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,244 of 5,352 | #244 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #4,399 of 5,354 | #337 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #635 of 5,625 | #29 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #182 of 3,837 | #18 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
247
-59 (-19%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 247 | 10 | 24.7:1 | 94% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 11 | 24.0:1 | 93% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 13.1 | 21.7:1 | 92% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 13 | 23.5:1 | 89% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 16 | 25.1:1 | 89% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 17 | 26.9:1 | 91% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | N/A | N/A | 93% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 24 | 21.6:1 | 82% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linton T. Simmons Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (401 to 247); teachers down 37% (16 to 10).
About Linton T. Simmons Elementary
Linton T. Simmons Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Garden Grove, California. The school had 247 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Garden Grove Unified has 36,994 students in 64 schools, and Linton T. Simmons Elementary is one of those schools.
About 89% of the student body at Linton T. Simmons Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 9% Asian. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 10 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.7:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
allk12 grades Linton T. Simmons Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Linton T. Simmons Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.7%. The school's actual rate is 40.7%, 16.0 points higher.
County data help place the school in context: in Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Orange County has 649 public schools and roughly 430,458 students.
The shortest distance from Linton T. Simmons Elementary to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Louis Lake Intermediate. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 40.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Linton T. Simmons Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment decrease, from 306 in 2020-21 to 247 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.5:1 to 24.7:1.
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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
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- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Louis Lake Intermediate0.1 mi · 453
- Faylane Elementary0.4 mi · 466
- Mark Twain Special Center0.5 mi · 101
- Ethel M. Evans Elementary0.7 mi · 410
- Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary0.8 mi · 354
- Stoddard (Alexander J.) Elementary0.8 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Linton T. Simmons ElementaryHow large is Linton T. Simmons Elementary?
Linton T. Simmons Elementary enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-06.
Is Linton T. Simmons Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linton T. Simmons Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Linton T. Simmons Elementary?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Linton T. Simmons Elementary.
How diverse is Linton T. Simmons Elementary?
Linton T. Simmons Elementary reports a student body of 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Linton T. Simmons Elementary?
Linton T. Simmons Elementary is overseen by Garden Grove Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.