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Which teacher or staff member at Patton Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
904
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001871
Patton Elementary
6861 Santa Rita Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845 · (714) 663-6584 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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
26.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
338 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 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 156 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (152) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (156).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
82.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.7pp since 2014
Math
79.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 56.1% | 26.6% | 9.8% | 7.4% |
| Math | 55.6% | 23.4% | 13.9% | 7.1% |
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 | 82.7% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 79.8% |
| 2022-23 | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2021-22 | 81.6% | 75.7% |
| 2018-19 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2017-18 | 79.2% | 76.6% |
| 2016-17 | 78.7% | 77.0% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% 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 24 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 Patton Elementary
Patton Elementary's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Elementary this school | 904 | 37.4% | 81.4% |
| Hicks Canyon Elementary Irvine | 830 | 37.5% | 75.5% |
| Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary Alta Loma | 878 | 32.6% | 74.1% |
| Victor Elementary Torrance | 965 | 34.4% | 63.9% |
| Beechwood Elementary Fullerton | 872 | 28.0% | 77.8% |
| Cox (James H.) Elementary Fountain Valley | 607 | 35.7% | 68.2% |
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 Patton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #172 of 5,151 | #21 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #271 of 5,172 ▼ 44 | #33 of 382 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #171 of 5,172 ▼ 69 | #22 of 382 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,571 of 5,116 | #189 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #164 of 5,915 | #18 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,892 of 5,352 | #307 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #705 of 5,354 | #55 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #4,446 of 5,625 | #264 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #2,966 of 3,837 | #267 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
904
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 904 | 34.6 | 26.1:1 | 37% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 34.6 | 26.3:1 | 38% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 872 | 31.5 | 27.7:1 | 36% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 881 | 35 | 25.2:1 | 27% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 980 | 38 | 25.8:1 | 27% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 38 | 26.5:1 | 26% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 919 | N/A | N/A | 19% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 1,035 | 44 | 23.5:1 | 11% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 28 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (980 to 904); teachers down 9% (38 to 34.6).
About Patton Elementary
Patton Elementary is a public elementary school in Garden Grove, California. It has an enrollment of 904 students in kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Within Garden Grove Unified, Patton Elementary is one of 64 schools. The district enrolls 36,994 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Patton Elementary is Asian, with 44% of students. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 21% White, and 9% multiracial. Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school had 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 26.1:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 3.8 students per teacher. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Patton Elementary outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Patton Elementary is a top-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.6% with an actual 81.4%.
Orange County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County's 649 public schools enroll about 430,458 students and include Patton Elementary.
Patton Elementary's nearest public school is Pacifica High (about 0.6 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Patton Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Patton Elementary enrolled 881 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 904.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Ocia A. Peters ElementaryElementary · 893 students
Other Patton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Patton Elementary. Patton Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Patton Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 737 students
- Patton Elementary SchoolArlington Heights, IL · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Pacifica High0.6 mi · 1,634
- Enders Elementary0.6 mi · 400
- Hilton D. Bell Intermediate0.7 mi · 632
- Loyal Barker Elementary0.8 mi · 444
- Wakeham Elementary1.0 mi · 307
- Garden Park Elementary1.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Patton ElementaryHow large is Patton Elementary?
Patton Elementary enrolls approximately 904 students in grades KG-06.
Is Patton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Patton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patton Elementary is approximately 26.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Patton Elementary?
Patton Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 44% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Patton Elementary public or private?
Patton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.