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Which teacher or staff member at Orange Glen Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCONDIDO UNION·NCES 061288001463
Orange Glen Elementary
2861 Valley Pkwy., Escondido, CA 92027 · (760) 432-2487 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
397 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 | 110 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
25.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
20.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.2% | 18.2% | 25.8% | 48.8% |
| Math | 8.8% | 12.1% | 24.2% | 54.9% |
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 | 25.4% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 21.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.7% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 43.1% | 30.5% |
| 2017-18 | 42.1% | 29.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.6% | 26.4% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Orange Glen Elementary
Orange Glen Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Glen Elementary this school | 470 | 84.5% | 24.4% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Oxnard | 476 | 83.4% | 29.9% |
| Leonora Fillmore Elementary Lompoc | 469 | 83.4% | 19.0% |
| Keyes Elementary Keyes | 477 | 87.6% | 31.3% |
| Rock Springs Elementary Escondido | 498 | 87.3% | 29.1% |
| Mitchell Elementary Atwater | 528 | 86.0% | 42.8% |
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 Orange Glen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #4,140 of 5,151 | #333 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,208 of 5,172 ▼ 628 | #338 of 393 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,452 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #358 of 393 ▼ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #1,029 of 5,116 | #88 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #2,793 of 5,915 | #212 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #84 of 5,352 | #8 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.2% | #3,840 of 5,354 | #334 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #1,715 of 5,625 | #77 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #624 of 3,837 | #37 of 279 |
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
470
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 470 | 28.5 | 16.5:1 | 84% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 31.2 | 15.1:1 | 82% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 30.1 | 16.5:1 | 83% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 84% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 29 | 22.7:1 | 82% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 32 | 24.2:1 | 73% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | N/A | N/A | 71% (535) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 59% (440) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 29 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Glen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (659 to 470); teachers down 2% (29 to 28.5).
About Orange Glen Elementary
Orange Glen Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, located in Escondido. Its enrollment is 470 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Escondido Union, which runs Orange Glen Elementary, has 24 schools and 13,920 students.
The share of students at Orange Glen Elementary who are Hispanic is 81%. Other students are 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, San Diego County residents are about 35% Hispanic. The diversity index for Orange Glen Elementary is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.5:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in San Diego County.
Among California public elementary schools, Orange Glen Elementary outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Orange Glen Elementary, the prediction is 30.1% and the result is 24.4%.
Census data for San Diego County show median household income comes to about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, Orange Glen Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Quantum Academy is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Orange Glen Elementary. On state test proficiency, Orange Glen Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Orange Glen Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.5:1, from 21.4:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Orange Glen Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Escondido Union
- Bear Valley MiddleMiddle · 923 students
- Mission MiddleMiddle · 855 students
- Del Dios Academy of Arts and SciencesMiddle · 788 students
- Rincon MiddleMiddle · 772 students
- Hidden Valley MiddleMiddle · 733 students
- L. R. Green ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Escondido
- San Pasqual HighHigh · 1,846 students
- Orange Glen HighHigh · 1,788 students
- Escondido HighHigh · 1,656 students
- Classical AcademyElementary · 1,581 students
- Heritage K-8 CharterElementary · 1,345 students
- Classical Academy HighHigh · 1,336 students
Nearby schools
- Quantum Academy0.1 mi · 289
- Valley High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 269
- Hidden Valley Middle0.8 mi · 733
- Glen View Elementary1.0 mi · 548
- Orange Glen High1.1 mi · 1,788
- Heritage K-8 Charter1.3 mi · 1,345
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Glen ElementaryHow many students attend Orange Glen Elementary?
Orange Glen Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Orange Glen Elementary serve?
Orange Glen Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Orange Glen Elementary have?
Orange Glen Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Orange Glen Elementary?
Student demographics at Orange Glen Elementary are roughly 8% White, 81% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Orange Glen Elementary?
Orange Glen Elementary is overseen by Escondido Union in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.