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Enrollment
893
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488000754
Ocia A. Peters Elementary
13162 Newhope St., Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 663-6085 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
26.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
740 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
57.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.9% | 20.7% | 15.4% | 24.0% |
| Math | 36.2% | 20.8% | 17.7% | 25.3% |
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 | 60.6% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.8% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 50.6% | 44.9% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 55.7% |
| 2017-18 | 59.8% | 55.8% |
| 2016-17 | 56.3% | 47.8% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 24 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 Ocia A. Peters Elementary
Ocia A. Peters Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocia A. Peters Elementary this school | 893 | 82.9% | 55.3% |
| Douglas J. Miller Elementary Bakersfield | 994 | 80.0% | 42.1% |
| Lois E. Borchardt Elementary Lodi | 755 | 83.3% | 31.5% |
| Vang Pao Elementary Fresno | 802 | 90.8% | 40.7% |
| Halkin Elementary San Leandro | 724 | 83.1% | 29.6% |
| Ezekiel Balderas Elementary Fresno | 615 | 89.9% | 31.2% |
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 Ocia A. Peters Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,387 of 5,151 | #183 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,204 of 5,172 ▲ 411 | #165 of 382 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #1,284 of 5,172 ▲ 258 | #164 of 382 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.1pp | #477 of 5,116 | #20 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #176 of 5,915 | #20 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #5,096 of 5,352 | #340 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #2,689 of 5,354 | #220 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #1,889 of 5,625 | #95 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #704 of 3,837 | #73 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
893
-136 (-13%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 1,075
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 893 | 33.2 | 26.9:1 | 83% (740) |
| 2023-24 | 912 | 36.1 | 25.3:1 | 84% (768) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 39.6 | 23.6:1 | 83% (773) |
| 2020-21 | 1,029 | 39 | 26.4:1 | 76% (785) |
| 2017-18 | 1,236 | 46.5 | 26.6:1 | 77% (954) |
| 2015-16 | 1,228 | 46 | 26.7:1 | 75% (926) |
| 2010-11 | 1,246 | N/A | N/A | 74% (927) |
| 2000-01 | 1,075 | 48 | 22.4:1 | 80% (859) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocia A. Peters Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,236 to 893); teachers down 29% (46.5 to 33.2).
About Ocia A. Peters Elementary
Ocia A. Peters Elementary is a public elementary school run by Garden Grove Unified in Garden Grove, California. The latest federal count shows 893 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 92% larger than average.
Ocia A. Peters Elementary is a school in Garden Grove Unified. The district has 64 schools and 36,994 students.
Roughly 60% of students at Ocia A. Peters Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 36% Asian and 3% White. By comparison, Orange County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Ocia A. Peters Elementary, 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 26.9:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Ocia A. Peters Elementary is A+. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ocia A. Peters Elementary does better than predicted by 24.3 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.3%; the prediction is 31.0%.
In Orange County (population about 3,165,820), the median household income is $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 649 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 430,458 students in all.
Woodbury Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ocia A. Peters Elementary. By average proficiency, Ocia A. Peters Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Ocia A. Peters Elementary declined 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,029 to 893 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Ocia A. Peters Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- 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
- Woodbury Elementary0.7 mi · 337
- Garden Grove High0.7 mi · 2,148
- C. C. Violette Elementary0.8 mi · 271
- Santiago High0.9 mi · 1,664
- Mitchell Elementary0.9 mi · 390
- Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary1.0 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Ocia A. Peters ElementaryHow many students attend Ocia A. Peters Elementary?
Ocia A. Peters Elementary enrolls approximately 893 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ocia A. Peters Elementary serve?
Ocia A. Peters Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ocia A. Peters Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ocia A. Peters Elementary is approximately 26.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ocia A. Peters Elementary?
At Ocia A. Peters Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 36% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ocia A. Peters Elementary public or private?
Ocia A. Peters Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.