Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER·NCES 064215006912
Schmitt Elementary
7200 Trask Ave., Westminster, CA 92683 · (714) 894-7264 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
275 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
46%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
36.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.3pp since 2014
Math
25.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.2% | 20.1% | 16.8% | 46.9% |
| Math | 12.4% | 12.9% | 26.3% | 48.4% |
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 | 36.3% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 34.2% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 32.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 41.7% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 43.7% |
| 2017-18 | 40.8% | 40.1% |
| 2016-17 | 37.5% | 36.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Schmitt Elementary
Schmitt Elementary's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmitt Elementary this school | 314 | 87.6% | 32.2% |
| Rosita Elementary Santa Ana | 305 | 89.5% | 45.8% |
| Roosevelt Elementary San Gabriel | 365 | 87.4% | 32.0% |
| Wakeham Elementary Garden Grove | 307 | 85.0% | 42.3% |
| Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary Garden Grove | 325 | 82.8% | 46.1% |
| Cahuenga Elementary Los Angeles | 355 | 86.8% | 48.2% |
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 Schmitt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,249 of 5,151 | #303 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #3,736 of 5,172 ▼ 1,070 | #326 of 382 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,299 of 5,172 ▲ 69 | #304 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.7pp | #18 of 5,116 | #2 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #4,651 of 5,915 | #368 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,922 of 5,352 | #77 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #3,059 of 5,354 | #250 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,388 of 5,625 | #65 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #393 of 3,837 | #44 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
314
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 314 | 14.5 | 21.6:1 | 88% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 14 | 22.7:1 | 86% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 89% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 85% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 88% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 22 | 23.6:1 | 88% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 83% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 80% (539) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 22 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schmitt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (467 to 314); teachers down 27% (20 to 14.5).
About Schmitt Elementary
Among the schools in Westminster, California, is Schmitt Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. The latest federal count shows 314 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 32% lower.
Westminster has a total of 16 schools and 7,864 students, Schmitt Elementary among them.
Schmitt Elementary is 68% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 27% Asian and 3% White. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Schmitt Elementary, 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 21.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 33 points lower.
Schmitt Elementary scores 32.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Schmitt Elementary is one of 649 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Fryberger Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Schmitt Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Schmitt Elementary ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 32.2% versus a 48.4% average.
NCES assigns Schmitt Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 314, a 4% decrease from 326 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 20.4:1 to 21.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Schmitt Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Other schools in Westminster
- Westminster HighHigh · 2,529 students
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- Sarah McGarvin IntermediateMiddle · 717 students
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Other Schmitt Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Schmitt Elementary. Schmitt Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Schmitt Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 157 students
Nearby schools
- Fryberger Elementary0.4 mi · 319
- Finley Elementary0.7 mi · 316
- Webber Elementary0.7 mi · 314
- Johnson Middle0.7 mi · 505
- Willmore Elementary0.9 mi · 485
- Westminster High0.9 mi · 2,529
Frequently asked questions
About Schmitt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Schmitt Elementary?
Schmitt Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Schmitt Elementary serve?
Schmitt Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Schmitt Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Schmitt Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Schmitt Elementary?
Student demographics at Schmitt Elementary are roughly 3% White, 68% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Schmitt Elementary?
Schmitt Elementary is overseen by Westminster in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.