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What advice would you give to incoming students at Newland (William T.) Elementary?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061422001630
Newland (William T.) Elementary
8787 Dolphin St., Huntington Beach, CA 92646 · (714) 378-4201 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of California public elementary schools
- A+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.
- CThree-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
24.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
75 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 73% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
87.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.3pp since 2014
Math
91.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.8% | 23.6% | 10.9% | 1.8% |
| Math | 63.5% | 27.8% | 7.8% | 0.9% |
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 | 87.3% | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 89.7% |
| 2022-23 | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2021-22 | 90.4% | 88.0% |
| 2018-19 | 88.7% | 88.8% |
| 2017-18 | 92.1% | 90.5% |
| 2016-17 | 84.1% | 83.6% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
88.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% 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 17 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 Newland (William T.) Elementary
Newland (William T.) Elementary's state test result (88.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newland (William T.) Elementary this school | 531 | 14.1% | 88.2% |
| Kensington Elementary Kensington | 473 | 14.2% | 78.0% |
| Overland Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 485 | 14.0% | 88.8% |
| Ralph E. Hawes Elementary Huntington Beach | 516 | 18.4% | 79.8% |
| Riviera Elementary Torrance | 611 | 16.5% | 73.5% |
| Arroyo Elementary Santa Ana | 585 | 14.5% | 78.2% |
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 Newland (William T.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #34 of 5,151 | #4 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #17 of 5,172 ▲ 16 | #1 of 382 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #51 of 5,172 ▲ 36 | #7 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,292 of 5,116 | #235 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,073 of 5,915 | #154 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,859 of 5,352 | #214 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #1,045 of 5,354 | #94 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #5,352 of 5,625 | #386 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #633 of 1,139 | #28 of 55 |
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
531
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 531 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 14% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 22.3 | 22.5:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 21.3 | 23.4:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 20 | 25.1:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 20 | 24.8:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 19 | 25.6:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | N/A | N/A | 10% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 15 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newland (William T.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (495 to 531); teachers up 10% (20 to 22).
About Newland (William T.) Elementary
Newland (William T.) Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Huntington Beach, California. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 531 students in 2024-25.
Fountain Valley Elementary (10 schools, 6,010 students) runs Newland (William T.) Elementary.
More than half of the students at Newland (William T.) Elementary are White (50%). Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 15% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Newland (William T.) Elementary scores 67%.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Newland (William T.) Elementary has a ratio of 24.1:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 14%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
Newland (William T.) Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of California public elementary schools.
Newland (William T.) Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.9 points (88.2% versus 71.3%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
In Orange County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Newland (William T.) Elementary, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Newland (William T.) Elementary's nearest public school is Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Newland (William T.) Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Newland (William T.) Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 501 in 2020-21 to 531 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Ocean View HighHigh · 1,154 students
- Helen Stacey MiddleMiddle · 947 students
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Nearby schools
- Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle0.4 mi · 690
- S. A. Moffett Elementary0.6 mi · 410
- Kinetic Academy0.9 mi · 361
- Oka (Isojiro) Elementary1.0 mi · 504
- Isaac L. Sowers Middle1.0 mi · 771
- Ralph E. Hawes Elementary1.1 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Newland (William T.) ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Newland (William T.) Elementary?
Newland (William T.) Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Newland (William T.) Elementary serve?
Newland (William T.) Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Newland (William T.) Elementary have?
Newland (William T.) Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newland (William T.) Elementary?
At Newland (William T.) Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Newland (William T.) Elementary public or private?
Newland (William T.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fountain Valley Elementary.
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