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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Loara Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261000158
Loara Elementary
1601 West Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92802 · (714) 517-8932 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
22.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
327 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
33.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
28.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp 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 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.2% | 19.4% | 29.1% | 37.3% |
| Math | 13.1% | 15.6% | 28.0% | 43.3% |
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 | 33.6% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.8% | 33.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.9% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 38.7% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 36.1% | 33.3% |
| 2016-17 | 34.7% | 28.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Loara Elementary
Loara Elementary's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loara Elementary this school | 511 | 64.0% | 32.8% |
| Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary Anaheim | 487 | 64.9% | 27.8% |
| Rosebank Elementary Chula Vista | 485 | 64.3% | 35.1% |
| Madison (James) Elementary Anaheim | 553 | 62.7% | 36.0% |
| Ronald W. Reagan Elementary Sanger | 472 | 65.3% | 57.7% |
| Juarez (Benito) Elementary Anaheim | 581 | 60.1% | 31.5% |
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 Loara Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,188 of 5,151 | #301 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #3,346 of 5,172 ▼ 697 | #307 of 382 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,602 of 5,172 ▼ 333 | #315 of 382 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,670 of 5,116 | #195 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,290 of 5,915 | #170 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,351 of 5,352 | #100 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #3,729 of 5,354 | #287 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #3,277 of 5,625 | #195 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #3,358 of 3,837 | #297 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
511
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 511 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 64% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 76% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 23.5 | 21.0:1 | 83% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 82% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 82% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 69% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | N/A | N/A | 76% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 71% (567) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 30 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loara Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (536 to 511); teachers unchanged (23 to 23).
About Loara Elementary
Loara Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Anaheim, California. The school has 511 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Anaheim Elementary has 13,964 students in 24 schools, and Loara Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 80% of students at Loara Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 10% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Loara Elementary reported 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.2:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. There are 327 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 64% of enrollment. That rate is above the 55% average among public schools in Orange County.
On the allk12 Grade, Loara Elementary lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Loara Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 32.8% actual against 42.0% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Orange County, median household income comes to about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
Ross (Betsy) Elementary is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.6%; Loara Elementary's is 32.8%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Loara Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 520 in 2020-21, 511 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 22.2 students per teacher, compared with 23.6 in 2020-21.
The Loara Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Anaheim Elementary
- Ponderosa ElementaryElementary · 785 students
- Lincoln (Abraham) ElementaryElementary · 740 students
- Ross (Betsy) ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Edison (Thomas) ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mann (Horace) ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Marshall (John) ElementaryElementary · 688 students
Other schools in Anaheim
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Savanna HighHigh · 1,466 students
Nearby schools
- Ross (Betsy) Elementary0.6 mi · 731
- Westmont Elementary0.6 mi · 622
- Orange County Workforce Innovation High0.6 mi · 210
- Price (Adelaide) Elementary0.7 mi · 507
- Anaheim High0.9 mi · 2,667
- Ball Junior High0.9 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About Loara ElementaryHow large is Loara Elementary?
Loara Elementary enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-06.
Is Loara Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loara Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Loara Elementary have?
Loara Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loara Elementary?
At Loara Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Loara Elementary?
Loara Elementary is overseen by Anaheim Elementary in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.