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Which teacher or staff member at S. A. Moffett Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061803002221
S. A. Moffett Elementary
8800 Burlcrest Ave., Huntington Beach, CA 92646 · (714) 963-8985 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
24.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
97 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
71.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
71.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.1% | 26.8% | 17.4% | 10.8% |
| Math | 39.0% | 32.9% | 17.8% | 10.3% |
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 | 71.8% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 72.8% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 72.0% |
| 2018-19 | 76.4% | 73.7% |
| 2017-18 | 77.1% | 77.7% |
| 2016-17 | 83.4% | 81.5% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 S. A. Moffett Elementary
S. A. Moffett Elementary's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. A. Moffett Elementary this school | 410 | 23.7% | 72.3% |
| Breen Elementary Rocklin | 424 | 22.6% | 63.2% |
| Robert Down Elementary Pacific Grove | 422 | 19.0% | 71.7% |
| Kelly Elementary Carlsbad | 449 | 20.9% | 78.8% |
| Wagon Wheel Elementary Coto De Caza | 441 | 20.0% | 79.8% |
| John H. Eader Elementary Huntington Beach | 416 | 27.9% | 76.1% |
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 S. A. Moffett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #546 of 5,151 | #81 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #523 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #78 of 382 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #662 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #105 of 382 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,603 of 5,116 | #121 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #3,556 of 5,915 | #281 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,840 of 5,352 | #212 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,874 of 5,354 | #159 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #5,016 of 5,625 | #341 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #745 of 3,837 | #77 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
410
-103 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 27.0:1
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 | 410 | 17 | 24.1:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 18 | 22.9:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 19 | 27.0:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 20 | 28.1:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 19 | 29.4:1 | 11% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | N/A | N/A | 9% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 5% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 25 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S. A. Moffett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (563 to 410); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About S. A. Moffett Elementary
The public elementary school S. A. Moffett Elementary is located in Huntington Beach, California. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 410 students.
Huntington Beach City Elementary oversees S. A. Moffett Elementary and 7 other schools, with 4,560 students in total.
At 59%, White students outnumber all other groups at S. A. Moffett Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. County-wide, 43% of Orange County residents are White. By the diversity index, S. A. Moffett Elementary comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.1:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 24% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 55% for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades S. A. Moffett Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, S. A. Moffett Elementary is 6.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.3%. Predicted: 65.7%.
Orange County census figures show that median household income is about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. S. A. Moffett Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
The next-closest public school is Isaac L. Sowers Middle, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of S. A. Moffett Elementary. On proficiency, S. A. Moffett Elementary is ahead of the 72.1% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 513 in 2020-21 and 410 in 2024-25, a decrease of 103 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 27.0:1 to 24.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Huntington Beach City Elementary
- Ethel Dwyer MiddleMiddle · 884 students
- Isaac L. Sowers MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Agnes L. Smith ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Ralph E. Hawes ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Huntington Seacliff ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- John R. Peterson ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Other schools in Huntington Beach
- Huntington Beach HighHigh · 2,645 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,049 students
- Marina HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Ocean View HighHigh · 1,154 students
- Helen Stacey MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Ethel Dwyer MiddleMiddle · 884 students
Nearby schools
- Isaac L. Sowers Middle0.6 mi · 771
- Newland (William T.) Elementary0.6 mi · 531
- John R. Peterson Elementary0.7 mi · 477
- Ralph E. Hawes Elementary0.9 mi · 516
- Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle1.0 mi · 690
- Kinetic Academy1.1 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About S. A. Moffett ElementaryHow many students attend S. A. Moffett Elementary?
S. A. Moffett Elementary enrolls approximately 410 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does S. A. Moffett Elementary serve?
S. A. Moffett Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S. A. Moffett Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S. A. Moffett Elementary is approximately 24.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at S. A. Moffett Elementary?
At S. A. Moffett Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 10% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is S. A. Moffett Elementary in?
S. A. Moffett Elementary is part of Huntington Beach City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.