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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE UNIFIED·NCES 062865004439
Nohl Canyon Elementary
4100 East Nohl Ranch Rd., Anaheim, CA 92807 · (714) 997-6203 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
A+
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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.
- A-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
27.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
105 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
81.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.7pp since 2014
Math
78.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.6% | 28.1% | 12.6% | 5.7% |
| Math | 53.9% | 24.9% | 14.2% | 6.9% |
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 | 81.7% | 78.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.5% | 75.2% |
| 2021-22 | 74.9% | 75.4% |
| 2018-19 | 78.9% | 78.1% |
| 2017-18 | 78.8% | 77.2% |
| 2016-17 | 75.0% | 73.8% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Nohl Canyon Elementary
Nohl Canyon Elementary's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nohl Canyon Elementary this school | 524 | 20.0% | 79.4% |
| Seaside Elementary Torrance | 548 | 17.7% | 72.5% |
| Park View Elementary Ripon | 467 | 20.3% | 70.4% |
| Turtleback Elementary San Diego | 458 | 21.6% | 59.7% |
| Huntington Seacliff Elementary Huntington Beach | 495 | 20.0% | 76.3% |
| Frank Otis Elementary Alameda | 569 | 22.3% | 76.0% |
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 Nohl Canyon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #252 of 5,151 | #39 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #277 of 5,172 ▲ 30 | #34 of 382 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #198 of 5,172 ▲ 71 | #28 of 382 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,632 of 5,116 | #110 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,156 of 5,915 | #160 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.7:1 | #5,209 of 5,352 | #364 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #369 of 5,354 | #19 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.0% | #5,145 of 5,625 | #353 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #3,187 of 3,837 | #287 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
524
0 (0%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
was 29.1:1
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 | 524 | 18.9 | 27.7:1 | 20% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 19.5 | 28.3:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 19.6 | 28.2:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 18 | 29.1:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 19.5 | 28.6:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 15 | 37.1:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 7% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nohl Canyon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (558 to 524); teachers down 3% (19.5 to 18.9).
About Nohl Canyon Elementary
Nohl Canyon Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Anaheim, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 524 students.
Nohl Canyon Elementary is part of Orange Unified, where 40 schools serve 23,790 students.
Of every 100 students at Nohl Canyon Elementary, about 37 are White, the largest group. Other students are 26% Asian, 23% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Nohl Canyon Elementary are from different groups.
There are 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nohl Canyon Elementary, giving a ratio of 27.7:1. The school's 27.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
On the allk12 Grade, Nohl Canyon Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 97% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Nohl Canyon Elementary's results are 11.6 points above predicted: 79.4% against 67.8%.
In the surrounding county, Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Nohl Canyon Elementary, Orange County has 649 public schools.
Olive Elementary is about 1.0 miles from Nohl Canyon Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Nohl Canyon Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 524, starting from 524. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 27.7:1, from 29.1:1.
The allk12 page for Nohl Canyon Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Orange Unified
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Villa Park HighHigh · 2,023 students
- El Modena HighHigh · 1,795 students
- Orange HighHigh · 1,728 students
- El Rancho CharterMiddle · 1,144 students
- McPherson MagnetElementary · 863 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
- Olive Elementary1.0 mi · 319
- Serrano Elementary1.1 mi · 524
- Explore Academy1.2 mi · 126
- Cerro Villa Middle1.3 mi · 747
- Crescent Elementary1.5 mi · 805
- Villa Park High1.5 mi · 2,023
Frequently asked questions
About Nohl Canyon ElementaryHow large is Nohl Canyon Elementary?
Nohl Canyon Elementary enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Nohl Canyon Elementary serve?
Nohl Canyon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Nohl Canyon Elementary?
Approximately 27.7:1 students per teacher at Nohl Canyon Elementary.
How diverse is Nohl Canyon Elementary?
Nohl Canyon Elementary reports a student body of 37% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 26% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Nohl Canyon Elementary public or private?
Nohl Canyon Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orange Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.