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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY·NCES 062343003562
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy
10411 South Dale St., Stanton, CA 90680 · (714) 761-6324 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
522 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
46.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.1pp since 2014
Math
31.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 27.2% | 25.7% | 28.2% |
| Math | 14.0% | 17.7% | 28.7% | 39.6% |
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 | 46.1% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 30.5% |
| 2022-23 | 45.4% | 36.3% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.2% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 39.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.2% | 35.8% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy this school | 601 | 86.9% | 37.7% |
| Bryant Elementary Garden Grove | 571 | 88.3% | 34.5% |
| Montera Elementary Montclair | 564 | 87.4% | 44.8% |
| Mattie Lou Maxwell Anaheim | 577 | 85.4% | 31.8% |
| Commonwealth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 504 | 88.7% | 42.0% |
| Telesis Academy of Science & Math West Covina | 621 | 81.6% | 38.2% |
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 Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,693 of 5,151 | #274 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,052 of 5,172 ▼ 30 | #292 of 382 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #2,352 of 5,172 ▲ 163 | #247 of 382 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,683 of 5,116 | #197 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #1,395 of 5,915 | #102 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,412 of 5,352 | #182 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #3,296 of 5,354 | #266 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #1,488 of 5,625 | #70 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #1,384 of 3,837 | #127 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
601
-88 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 601 | 25.5 | 23.6:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 29 | 22.3:1 | 87% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 85% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 26 | 26.5:1 | 89% (611) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 30 | 25.2:1 | 94% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 28 | 26.8:1 | 94% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | N/A | N/A | 90% (687) |
| 2000-01 | 1,062 | 52 | 20.4:1 | 91% (962) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 31 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (755 to 601); teachers down 15% (30 to 25.5).
About Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Stanton, California. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 601 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 29% above that mark.
The district for Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy is Magnolia Elementary, with 9 schools and 4,765 students.
More than half of the students at Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy are Hispanic (74%). Next come 15% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
There are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.6:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Of all students at Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy, 87% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy, the prediction is 28.6% and the result is 37.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $116,289 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Dale Junior High, is the closest to Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 37.7% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 23.6:1, from 26.5:1.
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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
Other schools in Magnolia Elementary
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- Juliette Low School of the ArtsElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Dale Junior High0.6 mi · 1,002
- Cambridge Virtual Academy0.6 mi · 195
- Lord Baden-Powell0.7 mi · 248
- Esther L. Walter0.8 mi · 442
- Magnolia High0.8 mi · 1,608
- Rancho Alamitos High0.9 mi · 1,439
Frequently asked questions
About Robert M. Pyles STEM AcademyHow many students attend Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy?
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy enrolls approximately 601 students in grades KG-06.
Is Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy have?
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy?
Student demographics at Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy are roughly 4% White, 74% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy in?
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy is part of Magnolia Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.