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What's one thing Pio Pico Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531010265
Pio Pico Elementary
931 West Highland, Santa Ana, CA 92703 · (714) 972-7500 · Orange County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
471 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 388% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
12.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.2pp since 2014
Math
9.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.9% | 10.9% | 20.2% | 67.0% |
| Math | 2.2% | 7.7% | 23.1% | 67.0% |
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 | 12.8% | 9.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 12.9% |
| 2022-23 | 19.8% | 14.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.5% | 12.7% |
| 2018-19 | 32.4% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 26.5% | 29.2% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 29.4% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Pio Pico Elementary
Pio Pico Elementary's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pio Pico Elementary this school | 501 | 94.0% | 11.7% |
| John Kelley Elementary Thermal | 505 | 93.3% | 23.1% |
| Kennedy Gardens Elementary Calexico | 484 | 93.4% | 15.0% |
| Madison Elementary South Gate | 482 | 94.0% | 35.9% |
| Virginia Rocca Barton Elementary Salinas | 526 | 94.1% | 27.9% |
| Elm Street Elementary Oxnard | 471 | 94.9% | 12.0% |
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 Pio Pico Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #5,065 of 5,151 | #380 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #5,044 of 5,172 ▼ 200 | #381 of 382 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #5,100 of 5,172 ▼ 70 | #381 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #465 of 5,116 | #23 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,426 of 5,915 | #185 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,697 of 5,352 | #131 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.2% | #5,339 of 5,354 | #398 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #575 of 5,625 | #24 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,991 of 3,837 | #270 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
501
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 978
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
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 | 501 | 22.2 | 22.6:1 | 94% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 89% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 20.1 | 21.7:1 | 90% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 87% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 20 | 27.1:1 | 89% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 23 | 27.0:1 | 94% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | N/A | N/A | 98% (669) |
| 2000-01 | 978 | 46 | 21.3:1 | 94% (921) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pio Pico Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (542 to 501); teachers up 11% (20 to 22.2).
About Pio Pico Elementary
Pio Pico Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Santa Ana, California. The school enrolls 501 students in kindergarten through 7.
Santa Ana Unified runs Pio Pico Elementary along with 50 other schools, enrolling 35,993 students in total.
Pio Pico Elementary is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. The diversity index for Pio Pico Elementary is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.6:1. The school has 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Federal data show 94% of students (471) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, lower than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Pio Pico Elementary outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Pio Pico Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 11.7% actual against a predicted 24.5%.
In Orange County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 649 public schools in the county, enrolling about 430,458, Pio Pico Elementary among them.
Pio Pico Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Lowell Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Pio Pico Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pio Pico Elementary's location as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 474 to 501, a 6% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Lowell Elementary0.1 mi · 426
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary0.5 mi · 457
- Martin Elementary0.5 mi · 443
- Santa Ana High0.5 mi · 2,505
- Franklin Elementary0.5 mi · 343
- Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate0.6 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Pio Pico ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pio Pico Elementary?
Pio Pico Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does Pio Pico Elementary serve?
Pio Pico Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pio Pico Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pio Pico Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pio Pico Elementary?
At Pio Pico Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Pio Pico Elementary?
Pio Pico Elementary is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.