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If you could change one rule at Orangethorpe Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULLERTON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061473001799
Orangethorpe Elementary
1400 South Brookhurst Rd., Fullerton, CA 92833 · (714) 447-7730 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
22.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
380 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
37.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.8pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 27.2% | 26.0% | 36.2% |
| Math | 10.1% | 14.5% | 25.8% | 49.6% |
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 | 37.8% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 19.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 18.3% |
| 2018-19 | 39.0% | 26.2% |
| 2017-18 | 39.8% | 29.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.7% | 23.7% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Orangethorpe Elementary
Orangethorpe Elementary's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangethorpe Elementary this school | 489 | 77.7% | 29.5% |
| Richman Elementary Fullerton | 470 | 77.2% | 39.9% |
| Laurel Elementary San Mateo | 469 | 76.5% | 20.9% |
| New Republic Elementary Salinas | 482 | 78.6% | 29.7% |
| Taylor Mountain Elementary Santa Rosa | 468 | 79.3% | 23.5% |
| Willmore Elementary Westminster | 485 | 76.3% | 46.6% |
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 Orangethorpe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #3,576 of 5,151 | #314 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #3,815 of 5,172 ▲ 362 | #331 of 382 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #3,146 of 5,172 ▲ 185 | #296 of 382 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #1,752 of 5,116 | #124 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #2,571 of 5,915 | #194 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,281 of 5,352 | #92 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #3,607 of 5,354 | #281 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #2,391 of 5,625 | #130 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #955 of 3,837 | #94 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
489
-108 (-18%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 489 | 22.1 | 22.1:1 | 78% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 80% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 89% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 24 | 24.9:1 | 72% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 25.1 | 25.8:1 | 57% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 76% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | N/A | N/A | 73% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 1,001 | 44 | 22.8:1 | 55% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 31 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orangethorpe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (647 to 489); teachers down 12% (25.1 to 22.1).
About Orangethorpe Elementary
Orangethorpe Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Fullerton, California, (ZIP code 92833). Federal data show 489 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Fullerton Elementary enrolls 11,247 students in 20 schools, including Orangethorpe Elementary.
About 78% of the student body at Orangethorpe Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 8% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Orangethorpe Elementary has a ratio of 22.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Income data for the school show 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Orange County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Orangethorpe Elementary outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Orangethorpe Elementary are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.5% actual, 34.0% predicted).
For the population of Orange County, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Orangethorpe Elementary shares Orange County with 648 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Orangethorpe Elementary is closest to Marshall (John) Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 29.0% on proficiency, and Orangethorpe Elementary is above that at 29.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 597 to 489. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 24.9:1 to 22.1:1.
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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 Fullerton Elementary
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Other schools in Fullerton
- Troy HighHigh · 2,504 students
- Sunny Hills HighHigh · 2,337 students
- Fullerton Union HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Robert C. Fisler ElementaryElementary · 892 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 872 students
- D. Russell Parks Junior HighMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall (John) Elementary0.7 mi · 688
- Pacific Drive Elementary0.7 mi · 607
- Nicolas Junior High0.8 mi · 539
- Valencia Park Elementary1.1 mi · 398
- Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary1.1 mi · 487
- Buena Park High1.2 mi · 1,682
Frequently asked questions
About Orangethorpe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Orangethorpe Elementary?
Orangethorpe Elementary enrolls approximately 489 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Orangethorpe Elementary serve?
Orangethorpe Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Orangethorpe Elementary have?
Orangethorpe Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Orangethorpe Elementary?
Student demographics at Orangethorpe Elementary are roughly 8% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Orangethorpe Elementary in?
Orangethorpe Elementary is part of Fullerton Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.