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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Old Orchard Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWHALL·NCES 062718004096
Old Orchard Elementary
25141 North Avenida Rondel, Valencia, CA 91355 · (661) 291-4040 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- C+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
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
269 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
63.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
60.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.3% | 26.6% | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| Math | 34.6% | 25.4% | 22.1% | 17.9% |
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 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.1% | 56.8% |
| 2020-21 | 50.3% | 52.8% |
| 2018-19 | 60.2% | 60.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 57.4% |
| 2016-17 | 52.9% | 56.2% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Old Orchard Elementary
Old Orchard Elementary's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Orchard Elementary this school | 520 | 51.7% | 60.9% |
| Pioneer Elementary Hanford | 518 | 50.2% | 53.8% |
| Live Oak Elementary Castaic | 490 | 54.3% | 41.1% |
| Creekside Oaks Elementary Lincoln | 557 | 53.3% | 39.6% |
| Marguerite Montgomery Elementary Davis | 457 | 52.7% | 46.1% |
| Pacheco Elementary San Luis Obispo | 488 | 47.7% | 54.6% |
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 Old Orchard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #1,075 of 5,151 | #248 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,064 of 5,172 ▲ 130 | #251 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,144 of 5,172 ▼ 152 | #260 of 1,129 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #3,020 of 5,116 | #748 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #2,195 of 5,915 | #441 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,687 of 5,352 | #698 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #2,402 of 5,354 | #376 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #3,839 of 5,625 | #990 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.9% | #202 of 1,139 | #38 of 181 |
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
520
+142 (+38%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 52% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 18 | 21.0:1 | 46% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 19 | 22.3:1 | 44% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 41% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | N/A | N/A | 37% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 47% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 28 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Orchard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (423 to 520); teachers up 21% (19 to 23).
About Old Orchard Elementary
Old Orchard Elementary is an elementary school in Valencia, California, reachable at (661) 291-4040. The school enrolls 520 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Old Orchard Elementary is in Newhall, a district with 6,020 students across 10 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Old Orchard Elementary, at 61%. The remaining shares are 27% White, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Old Orchard Elementary employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 52% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Old Orchard Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Old Orchard Elementary is 11.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 60.9%. Predicted: 49.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Old Orchard Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Old Orchard Elementary is Peachland Avenue Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Old Orchard Elementary is ahead of the 55.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
In the federal locale system, Old Orchard Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 38% from its 2020-21 level of 378. The ratio was 21.0:1 in 2020-21 and 22.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newhall
- Pico Canyon ElementaryElementary · 851 students
- Stevenson Ranch ElementaryElementary · 764 students
- Valencia Valley ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Oak Hills ElementaryElementary · 660 students
- Newhall ElementaryElementary · 493 students
Other schools in Valencia
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,286 students
- West Ranch HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Arroyo Seco Junior HighMiddle · 1,239 students
- West Creek AcademyElementary · 983 students
- Bridgeport ElementaryElementary · 866 students
- Valencia Valley ElementaryElementary · 738 students
Other Old Orchard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Old Orchard Elementary. Old Orchard Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Old Orchard Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Peachland Avenue Elementary0.4 mi · 463
- Placerita Junior High0.6 mi · 940
- William S. Hart High0.6 mi · 1,941
- Learning Post Academy (Alternative)0.7 mi · 322
- Wiley Canyon Elementary0.7 mi · 388
- Meadows Elementary0.8 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About Old Orchard ElementaryHow large is Old Orchard Elementary?
Old Orchard Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Old Orchard Elementary serve?
Old Orchard Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Orchard Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old Orchard Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Old Orchard Elementary?
Old Orchard Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Old Orchard Elementary public or private?
Old Orchard Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newhall.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.