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If you could change one rule at Ponderosa Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY·NCES 060261012518
Ponderosa Elementary
2135 South Mountain View Ave., Anaheim, CA 92802 · (714) 517-8926 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
F
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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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
529 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (107).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
17.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 13.1% | 23.7% | 58.7% |
| Math | 1.1% | 10.5% | 23.6% | 64.8% |
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 | 17.6% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 11.2% |
| 2022-23 | 19.1% | 11.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 11.4% |
| 2018-19 | 18.7% | 12.6% |
| 2017-18 | 19.4% | 14.4% |
| 2016-17 | 18.3% | 12.8% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ponderosa Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Elementary this school | 785 | 67.4% | 14.7% |
| Mann (Horace) Elementary Anaheim | 705 | 67.2% | 26.8% |
| Ben Hulse Elementary Imperial | 838 | 66.7% | 48.5% |
| Price (Maude) Elementary Downey | 757 | 71.6% | 55.7% |
| Central Language Academy Ontario | 736 | 65.2% | 42.9% |
| Jim Thorpe Fundamental Santa Ana | 738 | 71.8% | 45.0% |
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 Ponderosa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #4,952 of 5,151 | #378 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #4,971 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #379 of 382 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,966 of 5,172 ▼ 104 | #377 of 382 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,591 of 5,116 | #119 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #425 of 5,915 | #37 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,385 of 5,352 | #255 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #4,391 of 5,354 | #335 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #3,096 of 5,625 | #181 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #999 of 3,837 | #99 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
785
-137 (-15%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 1,072
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
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 | 785 | 31.5 | 24.9:1 | 67% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 35 | 24.1:1 | 72% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 36 | 23.8:1 | 81% (690) |
| 2020-21 | 922 | 37 | 24.9:1 | 90% (834) |
| 2017-18 | 1,031 | 37.5 | 27.5:1 | 95% (983) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 37 | 27.9:1 | 92% (946) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | N/A | N/A | 99% (1,056) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ponderosa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,031 to 785); teachers down 16% (37.5 to 31.5).
About Ponderosa Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary is one of the public schools in Anaheim, California. It is a large elementary school. The school's 785 students are in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Ponderosa Elementary is among 24 schools run by Anaheim Elementary, which serves 13,964 students.
The large majority of students at Ponderosa Elementary, 89%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% White. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. By the diversity index, Ponderosa Elementary comes in at 21%.
Ponderosa Elementary's 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 67%. That is 12 points above the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades Ponderosa Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ponderosa Elementary would score about 40.0%. It scores 14.7%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Ponderosa Elementary is located in Orange County, where median household income is about $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ponderosa Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 430,458 students.
Nearest public school: Earl Warren Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.0%; Ponderosa Elementary's is 14.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
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 number of students declined from 922 to 785 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
Related schools
Other schools in Anaheim Elementary
- Lincoln (Abraham) ElementaryElementary · 740 students
- Ross (Betsy) ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Edison (Thomas) ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mann (Horace) ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Marshall (John) ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Sunkist ElementaryElementary · 665 students
Other schools in Anaheim
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- Canyon HighHigh · 2,183 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Savanna HighHigh · 1,466 students
Other Ponderosa Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Ponderosa Elementary. Ponderosa Elementary is the largest of the 12.
- Ponderosa ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 524 students
- Ponderosa ElementarySouth San Francisco, CA · 359 students
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 740 students
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 634 students
- PONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOST FALLS, ID · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Earl Warren Elementary0.7 mi · 474
- Parkview Elementary0.8 mi · 433
- Lampson Elementary0.9 mi · 676
- Izaak Walton Intermediate1.1 mi · 458
- ACCESS Juvenile Hall1.1 mi · 186
- Revere (Paul) Elementary1.3 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Ponderosa ElementaryHow large is Ponderosa Elementary?
Ponderosa Elementary enrolls approximately 785 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ponderosa Elementary serve?
Ponderosa Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ponderosa Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ponderosa Elementary is approximately 24.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ponderosa Elementary?
Ponderosa Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ponderosa Elementary in?
Ponderosa Elementary is part of Anaheim Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.