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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061422001633
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary
9675 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708 · (714) 378-4230 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL530 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
26.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
178 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 124 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
76.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.1pp since 2014
Math
85.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 57.3% | 18.8% | 15.4% | 8.6% |
| Math | 56.8% | 28.6% | 11.1% | 3.4% |
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 | 76.1% | 85.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.4% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2021-22 | 77.4% | 80.3% |
| 2018-19 | 78.2% | 78.2% |
| 2017-18 | 69.2% | 65.5% |
| 2016-17 | 74.8% | 72.2% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 23 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 Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary this school | 530 | 33.6% | 83.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary San Francisco | 511 | 36.8% | 61.5% |
| West Portal Elementary San Francisco | 588 | 32.3% | 65.8% |
| Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary Fountain Valley | 526 | 29.3% | 83.3% |
| Heritage Elementary Tustin | 567 | 32.5% | 69.7% |
| Los Coyotes Elementary La Palma | 568 | 38.2% | 86.1% |
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 Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #121 of 5,151 | #14 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #87 of 5,172 ▲ 8 | #9 of 382 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #435 of 5,172 ▼ 353 | #69 of 382 ▼ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,675 of 5,116 | #196 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,084 of 5,915 | #156 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #5,013 of 5,352 | #329 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #1,420 of 5,354 | #124 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #4,620 of 5,625 | #284 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #1,132 of 1,139 | #55 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
530
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 28.1:1
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 | 530 | 20 | 26.5:1 | 34% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 20 | 26.4:1 | 31% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 19 | 26.2:1 | 31% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 18 | 28.1:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 19 | 27.8:1 | 36% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 19 | 27.5:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | N/A | N/A | 23% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 10% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (529 to 530); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in Fountain Valley. Enrollment stands at 530 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Fountain Valley Elementary has 6,010 students in 10 schools, and Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is one of those schools.
The largest group at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is Asian students, at 54%. Smaller groups are 17% White, 15% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of Orange County residents are Asian. The diversity index for Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 26.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary, which has 20. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is about 34%. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 98% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary are 23.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.1%, compared with a predicted 59.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Among nearby public schools, Valley Vista High is closest at about 0.6 miles. Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary had a net gain of 24 students, or 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 28.1 to 26.5 over 4 years.
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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
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Other schools in Fountain Valley
- Fountain Valley HighHigh · 3,171 students
- Los Amigos HighHigh · 1,430 students
- Masuda (Kazuo) MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Fulton (Harry C.) MiddleMiddle · 753 students
- Vista View MiddleMiddle · 724 students
- Ethan B. Allen ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Vista High0.6 mi · 263
- Ethan B. Allen Elementary0.8 mi · 637
- Fountain Valley High0.8 mi · 3,171
- Vista View Middle0.9 mi · 724
- Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary1.0 mi · 526
- Masuda (Kazuo) Middle1.0 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About Plavan (Urbain H.) ElementaryHow many students attend Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary?
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary serve?
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary?
Approximately 26.5:1 students per teacher at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary.
How diverse is Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary?
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 54% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary public or private?
Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fountain Valley Elementary.
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