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What's one thing Robinson Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SADDLEBACK VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063386003453
Robinson Elementary
21400 Lindsay Dr., Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679 · (949) 589-2446 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- CBeats 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
24.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
134 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
59.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.2pp since 2014
Math
56.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 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 | 25.7% | 34.1% | 23.3% | 16.9% |
| Math | 27.3% | 29.3% | 28.1% | 15.3% |
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 | 59.8% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 53.5% |
| 2022-23 | 54.1% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 60.9% | 58.6% |
| 2018-19 | 71.2% | 60.0% |
| 2017-18 | 71.3% | 57.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.6% | 60.3% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Robinson Elementary
Robinson Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Elementary this school | 486 | 27.6% | 56.8% |
| Woodland Elementary Costa Mesa | 487 | 26.7% | N/A |
| Westlake Elementary Santa Cruz | 453 | 24.5% | 67.0% |
| Newport Heights Elementary Newport Beach | 502 | 30.3% | 71.2% |
| Holmes Elementary San Diego | 495 | 23.8% | 87.2% |
| Bay Park Elementary San Diego | 504 | 28.8% | 66.2% |
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 Robinson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,286 of 5,151 | #168 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,219 of 5,172 ▲ 90 | #167 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #1,341 of 5,172 ▲ 61 | #172 of 382 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,363 of 5,116 | #104 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #2,623 of 5,915 | #200 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,874 of 5,352 | #216 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #2,434 of 5,354 | #202 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #4,860 of 5,625 | #319 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,234 of 3,837 | #217 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
486
+86 (+22%) vs 2020
-62% since 2000-01, when it was 1,279
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 486 | 20.1 | 24.2:1 | 28% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 20.4 | 24.0:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 21.2 | 23.6:1 | 21% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 16 | 25.0:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 20 | 28.1:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 23 | 27.4:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | N/A | N/A | 7% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 1,279 | 57 | 22.4:1 | 2% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robinson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (561 to 486); teachers up 1% (20 to 20.1).
About Robinson Elementary
Robinson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Trabuco Canyon, California. It educates 486 students in kindergarten through 6.
The Saddleback Valley Unified system has 33 schools and 22,646 students.
White students are the majority at Robinson Elementary, with 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 43% White. Robinson Elementary's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.2 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
allk12 grades Robinson Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.4%.
Within Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Robinson Elementary, Orange County has 648 other public schools.
The closest public school to Robinson Elementary is Trabuco Mesa Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Robinson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 56.8% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Robinson Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Robinson Elementary grew 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 400 to 486 students.
The Robinson Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Saddleback Valley Unified
- Trabuco Hills HighHigh · 2,475 students
- El Toro HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Mission Viejo HighHigh · 1,566 students
- Laguna Hills HighHigh · 1,317 students
- Rancho Santa Margarita IntermediateMiddle · 1,153 students
- Foothill Ranch ElementaryElementary · 990 students
Other schools in Trabuco Canyon
- Portola Hills ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Trabuco ElementaryElementary · 90 students
Other Robinson Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 14 states are named Robinson Elementary. Robinson Elementary is the 5th largest of the 18.
- Robinson ElementaryFresno, CA · 525 students
- Robinson Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 908 students
- Robinson Elementary SchoolDawsonville, GA · 648 students
- ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANT CITY, FL · 522 students
- Robinson ElementaryBeloit, WI · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Trabuco Mesa Elementary0.4 mi · 640
- Cielo Vista Elementary0.8 mi · 487
- Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate1.1 mi · 1,153
- Trabuco Elementary1.1 mi · 90
- Tijeras Creek Elementary2.4 mi · 315
- Melinda Heights Elementary2.4 mi · 950
Frequently asked questions
About Robinson ElementaryHow many students attend Robinson Elementary?
Robinson Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Robinson Elementary serve?
Robinson Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Robinson Elementary have?
Robinson Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
How diverse is Robinson Elementary?
Robinson Elementary reports a student body of 63% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Robinson Elementary in?
Robinson Elementary is part of Saddleback Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.