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What's the one class at McFadden Institute of Technology every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,074
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005997
McFadden Institute of Technology
2701 South Raitt, Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 435-3700 · Orange County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,074 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- A-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
19.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
969 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 50 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 245 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 27% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 83% smaller than its 8th grade class (287).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
26.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.9pp since 2014
Math
19.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.1% | 21.8% | 28.2% | 44.9% |
| Math | 6.3% | 13.2% | 26.8% | 53.7% |
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 | 26.9% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 18.7% |
| 2022-23 | 18.1% | 14.5% |
| 2021-22 | 20.4% | 14.1% |
| 2018-19 | 21.1% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 23.3% | 24.6% |
| 2016-17 | 18.9% | 20.5% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 McFadden Institute of Technology
McFadden Institute of Technology's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McFadden Institute of Technology this school | 1,074 | 90.2% | 18.4% |
| KIPP Comienza Community Prep Huntington Park | 1,075 | 88.0% | N/A |
| Pioneer Delano | 1,043 | 87.4% | 41.0% |
| Sycamore Magnet Academy Tustin | 1,085 | 87.2% | 18.8% |
| KIPP Corazon Academy South Gate | 1,070 | 87.4% | N/A |
| Harry Bridges Span Wilmington | 1,171 | 90.8% | 44.4% |
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 McFadden Institute of Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,698 of 5,151 | #369 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #4,347 of 5,172 ▼ 33 | #360 of 382 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #4,288 of 5,172 ▲ 425 | #355 of 382 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,380 of 5,116 | #76 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,074 | #42 of 5,915 | #5 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #671 of 5,352 | #29 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #4,896 of 5,354 | #359 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,076 of 5,625 | #52 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #2,582 of 3,837 | #234 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
1,074
+37 (+4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,364
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,074 | 55.4 | 19.4:1 | 90% (969) |
| 2023-24 | 1,074 | 55.6 | 19.3:1 | 77% (828) |
| 2022-23 | 1,063 | 53.7 | 19.8:1 | 70% (742) |
| 2020-21 | 1,037 | 47 | 22.1:1 | 87% (904) |
| 2017-18 | 1,205 | 51 | 23.6:1 | 84% (1,012) |
| 2015-16 | 1,328 | 57 | 23.3:1 | 96% (1,272) |
| 2010-11 | 1,371 | N/A | N/A | 86% (1,184) |
| 2000-01 | 1,599 | 67 | 23.9:1 | 57% (916) |
| 1990-91 | 1,364 | 62 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McFadden Institute of Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,205 to 1,074); teachers up 9% (51 to 55.4).
About McFadden Institute of Technology
McFadden Institute of Technology is one of the public schools in Santa Ana, California. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school's enrollment of 1,074 students covers kindergarten through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Santa Ana Unified has 51 schools and 35,993 students, and McFadden Institute of Technology is one of those schools.
McFadden Institute of Technology enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. The school is also 3% Asian. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. By the diversity index, McFadden Institute of Technology comes in at 11%.
With 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at McFadden Institute of Technology was 19.4:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. McFadden Institute of Technology's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 90%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for McFadden Institute of Technology is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, McFadden Institute of Technology falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 18.4% actual against 26.7% predicted.
Orange County has these Census figures: median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. McFadden Institute of Technology is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
Jefferson Elementary is the public school closest to McFadden Institute of Technology, about 0.4 miles away. McFadden Institute of Technology has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. McFadden Institute of Technology's average proficiency of 18.4% compares with 33.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 1,037 to 1,074 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.4:1, from 22.1:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for McFadden Institute of Technology covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 McFadden Institute of TechnologyHow large is McFadden Institute of Technology?
McFadden Institute of Technology enrolls approximately 1,074 students in grades KG-08.
Is McFadden Institute of Technology an elementary, middle, or high school?
McFadden Institute of Technology is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at McFadden Institute of Technology?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at McFadden Institute of Technology.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McFadden Institute of Technology?
At McFadden Institute of Technology, the student body is approximately 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees McFadden Institute of Technology?
McFadden Institute of Technology is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.