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What tradition at Raymond Temple Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRALIA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060807000781
Raymond Temple Elementary
7800 Holder St., Buena Park, CA 90620 · (714) 228-3290 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
337 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 79% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
49.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
48.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.1% | 22.3% | 25.8% | 24.9% |
| Math | 25.9% | 22.4% | 26.7% | 25.0% |
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 | 49.3% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 51.5% |
| 2022-23 | 46.7% | 46.9% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 43.9% |
| 2018-19 | 55.7% | 52.6% |
| 2017-18 | 56.6% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 53.7% | 45.9% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 16 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 Raymond Temple Elementary
Raymond Temple Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Temple Elementary this school | 431 | 78.2% | 50.0% |
| Palma Ceia Elementary Hayward | 484 | 76.2% | 33.8% |
| Ruus Elementary Hayward | 361 | 78.1% | 23.6% |
| Hillview Crest Elementary Hayward | 420 | 72.6% | 30.7% |
| Davis Elementary Stockton | 357 | 81.2% | 18.2% |
| Robert L. Stevens Elementary Santa Rosa | 421 | 80.8% | 53.1% |
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 Raymond Temple Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,719 of 5,151 | #210 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,698 of 5,172 ▼ 262 | #208 of 382 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #2,084 of 5,172 ▼ 302 | #231 of 382 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,144 of 5,116 | #153 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #3,266 of 5,915 | #252 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,705 of 5,352 | #200 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #2,169 of 5,354 | #180 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #2,344 of 5,625 | #128 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #2,089 of 3,837 | #197 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
431
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 431 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 78% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 74% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 21 | 22.2:1 | 73% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 18 | 25.5:1 | 55% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 21.5 | 23.4:1 | 59% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 56% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | N/A | N/A | 59% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 40% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raymond Temple Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (504 to 431); teachers down 16% (21.5 to 18).
About Raymond Temple Elementary
Raymond Temple Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Buena Park, California. There are 431 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.
The 8 schools of Centralia Elementary, including Raymond Temple Elementary, enroll 3,990 students.
Federal enrollment data show Raymond Temple Elementary is 62% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 19% Asian, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Raymond Temple Elementary are from different groups.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 78% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
Raymond Temple Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools.
Raymond Temple Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.7%. The school's actual rate is 50.0%, 16.3 points higher.
In Orange County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Orange County number 649, with about 430,458 students.
Of the public schools around it, Raymond Temple Elementary is closest to Hope, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Raymond Temple Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Raymond Temple Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 6% over 4 years, reaching 431 in 2024-25. The ratio was 25.5:1 in 2020-21 and 23.9:1 in 2024-25.
Raymond Temple Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Centralia Elementary
- Buena Terra ElementaryElementary · 627 students
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- George B. Miller ElementaryElementary · 502 students
- Centralia ElementaryElementary · 496 students
- Glen H. Dysinger Sr. ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- San Marino ElementaryElementary · 465 students
Other schools in Buena Park
- Buena Park HighHigh · 1,682 students
- Charles G. Emery ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Gordon H. Beatty MiddleMiddle · 641 students
- Buena Park MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- Buena Terra ElementaryElementary · 627 students
- James A. Whitaker ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Hope0.4 mi · 231
- Arthur F. Corey Elementary0.4 mi · 341
- Buena Terra Elementary0.4 mi · 627
- Buena Park Middle0.8 mi · 633
- George B. Miller Elementary0.8 mi · 502
- San Marino Elementary0.9 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Raymond Temple ElementaryHow large is Raymond Temple Elementary?
Raymond Temple Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Raymond Temple Elementary serve?
Raymond Temple Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Raymond Temple Elementary?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Raymond Temple Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Raymond Temple Elementary?
At Raymond Temple Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Raymond Temple Elementary in?
Raymond Temple Elementary is part of Centralia Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.