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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Orchard Hills?
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Enrollment
1,373
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSTIN UNIFIED·NCES 064015012571
Orchard Hills
11555 Culver Dr., Irvine, CA 92602 · (714) 430-2078 · Orange County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,373 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% 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.
- 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
27.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
345 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 47 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 310 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 298 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 81% smaller than its 8th grade class (242).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
84.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
82.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.4% | 26.7% | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| Math | 65.9% | 16.8% | 9.6% | 7.7% |
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 | 84.1% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 80.2% |
| 2022-23 | 81.3% | 77.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.3% | 76.8% |
| 2018-19 | 84.1% | 78.0% |
| 2017-18 | 84.5% | 77.7% |
| 2016-17 | 84.3% | 78.9% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
83.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 18 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 Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills's state test result (83.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Hills this school | 1,373 | 25.1% | 83.2% |
| Cypress Village Elementary Irvine | 1,007 | 24.8% | 66.9% |
| Woodbury Elementary Irvine | 1,095 | 17.6% | 71.8% |
| Cadence Park Irvine | 965 | 19.6% | 67.0% |
| Lila Bringhurst Elementary Fremont | 1,083 | 26.6% | 78.7% |
| Beacon Park Irvine | 1,065 | 12.9% | 74.0% |
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 Orchard Hills ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #117 of 5,151 | #13 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #150 of 5,172 ▲ 67 | #15 of 382 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #132 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #16 of 382 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,887 of 5,116 | #130 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,373 | #7 of 5,915 | #1 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #5,194 of 5,352 | #359 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #2,468 of 5,354 | #204 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #4,965 of 5,625 | #331 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #830 of 1,139 | #38 of 55 |
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
1,373
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+200% since 2010-11, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
was 28.8:1
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 | 1,373 | 49.8 | 27.6:1 | 25% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 1,371 | 48.3 | 28.4:1 | 22% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 1,373 | 47.2 | 29.1:1 | 15% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 1,382 | 48 | 28.8:1 | 14% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 1,322 | 40.7 | 32.5:1 | 16% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 1,156 | 40 | 28.9:1 | 11% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | N/A | N/A | 9% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Hills.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,322 to 1,373); teachers up 22% (40.7 to 49.8).
About Orchard Hills
Orchard Hills runs as a large elementary school in Irvine, California. Enrollment stands at 1,373 students, covering kindergarten through 8. The school is 195% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Tustin Unified counts 28 schools and 21,220 students, including Orchard Hills.
The share of Asian students at Orchard Hills is 65%, a majority. Other students are 15% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Asian share among all Orange County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Orchard Hills are from different groups.
The school had 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 27.6:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 25%. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 30 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Orchard Hills lands at A+, ahead of 99% of California public elementary schools.
A school in California with Orchard Hills's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 64.8%. Orchard Hills scores 83.2%.
For Orange County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $116,289 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
Orchard Hills is about 0.6 miles from Northwood High, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Orchard Hills ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 83.2% against a local average of 74.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,382) and 2024-25 (1,373). The school's ratio dropped from 28.8:1 to 27.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Orchard Hills lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Tustin Unified
- Arnold O. Beckman HighHigh · 2,776 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,126 students
- Tustin HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Sycamore Magnet AcademyElementary · 1,085 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Legacy Magnet AcademyHigh · 964 students
Other schools in Irvine
- Arnold O. Beckman HighHigh · 2,776 students
- Portola HighHigh · 2,693 students
- University HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 2,244 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
- Irvine HighHigh · 1,964 students
Other Orchard Hills schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Orchard Hills. Orchard Hills is the largest of the 3.
- Orchard Hills SchoolSANTAQUIN, UT · 742 students
- Orchard Hills SchoolMilford, CT · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood High0.6 mi · 2,244
- Canyon View Elementary0.9 mi · 764
- Myford Elementary1.1 mi · 542
- Pioneer Middle1.1 mi · 971
- Hicks Canyon Elementary1.1 mi · 830
- Peters Canyon Elementary1.1 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard HillsWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Hills?
Orchard Hills enrolls approximately 1,373 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Orchard Hills serve?
Orchard Hills serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Orchard Hills?
Approximately 27.6:1 students per teacher at Orchard Hills.
How diverse is Orchard Hills?
Orchard Hills reports a student body of 15% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 65% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard Hills?
Orchard Hills is overseen by Tustin Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.