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If you had an hour of school board time for Santiago Elementary, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
906
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531006006
Santiago Elementary
2212 North Baker St., Santa Ana, CA 92706 · (714) 564-8400 · Orange County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL906 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
696 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 15% larger than its 8th grade class (110).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
39.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.5% | 27.5% | 26.5% | 34.5% |
| Math | 10.6% | 16.0% | 29.5% | 43.8% |
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 | 39.0% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 40.1% | 25.5% |
| 2021-22 | 41.1% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.8% | 25.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.6% | 26.8% |
| 2016-17 | 36.7% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Santiago Elementary
Santiago Elementary's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Elementary this school | 906 | 76.8% | 31.4% |
| La Mirada Academy San Marcos | 868 | 77.4% | 25.4% |
| Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary Oxnard | 895 | 74.6% | 34.3% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary Jurupa Valley | 819 | 78.3% | 24.4% |
| Greenville Fundamental Elementary Santa Ana | 817 | 79.9% | 41.0% |
| Wilhelmina Henry Elementary Stockton | 881 | 81.6% | 16.2% |
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 Santiago Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,348 of 5,151 | #309 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,589 of 5,172 ▼ 165 | #321 of 382 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,032 of 5,172 ▲ 297 | #293 of 382 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,844 of 5,116 | #207 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 906 | #163 of 5,915 | #17 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,589 of 5,352 | #124 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #4,583 of 5,354 | #350 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #2,476 of 5,625 | #135 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #1,083 of 3,837 | #112 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
906
-137 (-13%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,157
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 906 | 40.3 | 22.5:1 | 77% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 920 | 42.5 | 21.7:1 | 62% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 40.7 | 23.2:1 | 58% (543) |
| 2020-21 | 1,043 | 39 | 26.7:1 | 65% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 1,178 | 40.6 | 29.0:1 | 65% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 1,220 | 46 | 26.5:1 | 79% (960) |
| 2010-11 | 1,004 | N/A | N/A | 65% (655) |
| 2000-01 | 1,103 | 54 | 20.4:1 | 54% (593) |
| 1990-91 | 1,157 | 40 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santiago Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,178 to 906); teachers down 1% (40.6 to 40.3).
About Santiago Elementary
Santiago Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Santa Ana, California. The school enrolls 906 students, from kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Santa Ana Unified has a total of 51 schools and 35,993 students, Santiago Elementary among them.
Most students at Santiago Elementary are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Other students are 3% White and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. By the diversity index, Santiago Elementary comes in at 17%.
The teaching staff at Santiago Elementary is 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 22.5:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. About 77% of students, or 696, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 55% average among public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades Santiago Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Santiago Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.4%; the prediction is 34.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income is about $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 649 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 430,458 students.
The closest other public school is Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Santiago Elementary is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Santiago Elementary is City: Large.
Enrollment was 1,043 in 2020-21 and 906 in 2024-25, a decrease of 137 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.7:1 to 22.5:1.
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
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- Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate0.3 mi · 1,234
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- Middle College High0.6 mi · 448
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- Riverdale Elementary0.8 mi · 501
- Willard Intermediate0.9 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Santiago ElementaryHow many students attend Santiago Elementary?
Santiago Elementary enrolls approximately 906 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Santiago Elementary serve?
Santiago Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Santiago Elementary?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Santiago Elementary.
How diverse is Santiago Elementary?
Santiago Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Santiago Elementary public or private?
Santiago Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.