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Enrollment
1,197
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066009177
Travis Ranch
5200 Via de la Escuela, Yorba Linda, CA 92887 · (714) 986-7460 · Orange County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,197 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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
22.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
275 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 123 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 168 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (193).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
72.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
61.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp 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 61 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.3% | 32.7% | 16.0% | 12.1% |
| Math | 38.8% | 22.6% | 22.6% | 16.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 65.2% |
| 2022-23 | 68.5% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 60.8% |
| 2018-19 | 69.6% | 64.2% |
| 2017-18 | 70.5% | 68.1% |
| 2016-17 | 71.6% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Travis Ranch
Travis Ranch's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Ranch this school | 1,197 | 23.0% | 67.3% |
| Double Peak San Marcos | 1,171 | 21.0% | 70.3% |
| Dry Creek Elementary Clovis | 939 | 21.0% | 76.8% |
| Melinda Heights Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 950 | 27.8% | 59.8% |
| Esencia Rancho Mission Viejo | 996 | 17.6% | 74.8% |
| Mountainview Elementary Saugus | 917 | 20.5% | 65.5% |
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 Travis Ranch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #771 of 5,151 | #122 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #995 of 5,172 ▼ 186 | #145 of 382 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #658 of 5,172 ▲ 116 | #104 of 382 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,304 of 5,116 | #236 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,197 | #19 of 5,915 | #2 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,890 of 5,352 | #143 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #869 of 5,354 | #76 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #5,041 of 5,625 | #343 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,232 of 3,837 | #216 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
1,197
-30 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,615
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 1,197 | 52.3 | 22.9:1 | 23% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 1,205 | 52.2 | 23.1:1 | 22% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 1,217 | 50.8 | 24.0:1 | 23% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 1,227 | 51 | 24.1:1 | 25% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 1,382 | 52.7 | 26.2:1 | 14% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,359 | 50 | 27.2:1 | 9% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 1,401 | N/A | N/A | 5% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 1,876 | 78 | 24.1:1 | 1% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 1,615 | 62 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Travis Ranch.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,382 to 1,197); teachers down 1% (52.7 to 52.3).
About Travis Ranch
Travis Ranch is a large elementary school that serves part of Yorba Linda, California. The grade span is kindergarten through 8, and enrollment is 1,197 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Travis Ranch reports to Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, which has 34 schools and 22,665 students.
At Travis Ranch, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, Orange County is about 43% White. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.9:1, with 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Travis Ranch is 23%. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Travis Ranch receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Travis Ranch is 1.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 67.3%. Predicted: 66.1%.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: the median household income is $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Orange County has 649 public schools and roughly 430,458 students.
California Republic Leadership Academy Yorba Linda is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Travis Ranch holds at least 8 other public schools. Travis Ranch ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 67.3% against a local average of 70.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,197, starting from 1,227. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 22.9:1, from 24.1:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Travis Ranch, you can post them here. 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 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
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- Esperanza HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
Other schools in Yorba Linda
- Yorba Linda HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Yorba Linda MiddleMiddle · 818 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Orange County School of Computer ScienceMiddle · 753 students
- Bryant Ranch ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Mabel M. Paine ElementaryElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- California Republic Leadership Academy Yorba Linda1.4 mi · 60
- Woodsboro Elementary1.4 mi · 512
- Orange County School of Computer Science1.7 mi · 753
- Fairmont Elementary1.8 mi · 794
- Yorba Linda High1.9 mi · 1,631
- Glenknoll Elementary2.0 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Travis RanchWhat is the total enrollment at Travis Ranch?
Travis Ranch enrolls approximately 1,197 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Travis Ranch serve?
Travis Ranch serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Travis Ranch have?
Travis Ranch employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Travis Ranch?
At Travis Ranch, the student body is approximately 46% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Travis Ranch?
Travis Ranch is overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.