Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITTIER CITY·NCES 064245006945
Orange Grove Elementary
10626 East Orange Grove Ave., Whittier, CA 90601 · (562) 789-3200 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- B+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
21.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
271 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
35.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 8 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 | 12.7% | 22.8% | 27.9% | 36.7% |
| Math | 10.6% | 23.8% | 28.1% | 37.5% |
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 | 35.4% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 37.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.2% | 29.9% |
| 2018-19 | 36.4% | 36.2% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 37.1% | 34.1% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Grove Elementary
Orange Grove Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Elementary this school | 324 | 83.6% | 37.2% |
| Washington Elementary San Jose | 329 | 83.0% | 13.8% |
| Kimball National City | 322 | 82.0% | 31.6% |
| Blanchard Elementary Santa Paula | 317 | 83.9% | 17.9% |
| North Ranchito Elementary Pico Rivera | 319 | 85.3% | 36.0% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Strathmore | 311 | 85.9% | 14.8% |
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 Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,734 of 5,151 | #671 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,801 of 5,172 ▼ 147 | #719 of 1,129 ▼ 69 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #3,384 of 5,172 ▼ 1,045 | #822 of 1,129 ▼ 286 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,926 of 5,116 | #723 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #4,542 of 5,915 | #998 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,601 of 5,352 | #478 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #4,854 of 5,354 | #1,020 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,817 of 5,625 | #625 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #1,430 of 3,837 | #497 of 947 |
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
324
-44 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 324 | 15.3 | 21.1:1 | 84% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 15.3 | 22.4:1 | 78% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 15.2 | 22.3:1 | 73% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 15 | 24.5:1 | 76% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 73% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 14 | 27.9:1 | 81% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | N/A | N/A | 65% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 61% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 18 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (405 to 324); teachers down 4% (16 to 15.3).
About Orange Grove Elementary
Among the schools in Whittier, California, is Orange Grove Elementary, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 324 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
Orange Grove Elementary is one school in a 12-school district, Whittier City, which enrolls 5,288 students.
Of every 100 students at Orange Grove Elementary, about 94 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 2% multiracial and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Los Angeles County is roughly 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 12, compared with 70 nationally.
Orange Grove Elementary has 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.1:1. The school's 21.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 14 points.
Orange Grove Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Orange Grove Elementary is 6.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.2% actual, 30.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Whittier Independent Study sits about 0.5 miles from Orange Grove Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Orange Grove Elementary places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 368 to 324. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.5 to 21.1 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Orange Grove Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
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Other Orange Grove Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Orange Grove Elementary. Orange Grove Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Orange Grove ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 548 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 516 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolSomerton, AZ · 412 students
- ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMINOLE, FL · 405 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolORANGE GROVE, TX · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Independent Study0.5 mi · 67
- Walter F. Dexter Middle0.6 mi · 610
- West Whittier Elementary0.8 mi · 346
- Longfellow Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Katherine Edwards Mid Sch STEAM & Dual Immersion Acad1.0 mi · 894
- South Ranchito Dual Language Academy1.1 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Orange Grove Elementary?
Orange Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
Is Orange Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orange Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Orange Grove Elementary have?
Orange Grove Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orange Grove Elementary?
At Orange Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Orange Grove Elementary?
Orange Grove Elementary is overseen by Whittier City in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.