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Enrollment
881
Elementary
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVINE UNIFIED·NCES 068450007066
Turtle Rock Elementary
5151 Amalfi Dr., Irvine, CA 92603 · (949) 936-6250 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
30.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
188 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 170 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 138 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (138).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
84.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
80.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.7% | 20.6% | 7.9% | 7.7% |
| Math | 64.5% | 15.8% | 12.7% | 7.1% |
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 | 84.3% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 80.5% |
| 2022-23 | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2021-22 | 82.6% | 84.2% |
| 2018-19 | 84.9% | 87.9% |
| 2017-18 | 89.4% | 89.9% |
| 2016-17 | 86.5% | 89.4% |
| 2015-16 | 86.0% | 86.0% |
| 2014-15 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Turtle Rock Elementary
Turtle Rock Elementary's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Rock Elementary this school | 881 | 21.3% | 81.0% |
| Plaza Vista Irvine | 835 | 20.2% | 69.1% |
| Golden Elementary Placentia | 834 | 23.9% | 90.3% |
| Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary Sunnyvale | 840 | 21.3% | 75.2% |
| Easterbrook Discovery San Jose | 952 | 22.2% | 72.6% |
| Cadence Park Irvine | 965 | 19.6% | 67.0% |
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 Turtle Rock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #187 of 5,151 | #24 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #222 of 5,172 ▼ 17 | #25 of 382 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #126 of 5,172 ▲ 164 | #15 of 382 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,479 of 5,116 | #108 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #200 of 5,915 | #22 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 30.7:1 | #5,328 of 5,352 | #394 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #1,430 of 5,354 | #125 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #5,100 of 5,625 | #349 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #898 of 1,139 | #43 of 55 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
881
+25 (+3%) vs 2017
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
30.7:1
was 30.4:1
% White
23%
was 26%
% Hispanic
13%
was 11%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
54%
was 52%
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 | 881 | 28.7 | 30.7:1 | 21% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 30 | 30.0:1 | 22% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 26 | 32.1:1 | 20% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | 28.2 | 30.4:1 | 18% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | N/A | N/A | 14% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 10% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 23 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turtle Rock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (856 to 881); teachers up 2% (28.2 to 28.7).
About Turtle Rock Elementary
Turtle Rock Elementary is a public elementary school run by Irvine Unified in Irvine, California. The school has 881 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Turtle Rock Elementary is one school in a 44-school district, Irvine Unified, which enrolls 37,948 students.
The student body at Turtle Rock Elementary is 54% Asian. It is also 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Black. Orange County's residents are about 22% Asian, 31 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 30.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Of all students at Turtle Rock Elementary, 21% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
The model predicts 67.0% for a school in California with Turtle Rock Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Turtle Rock Elementary posts 81.0%.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $116,289 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Turtle Rock Elementary shares Orange County with 648 other public schools.
The closest school to Turtle Rock Elementary is University High, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Turtle Rock Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Turtle Rock Elementary is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Turtle Rock Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 881, up from 856 in 2017-18.
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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 Irvine Unified
- Portola HighHigh · 2,693 students
- University HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 2,244 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
- Irvine HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other schools in Irvine
- Arnold O. Beckman HighHigh · 2,776 students
- Portola HighHigh · 2,693 students
- University HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 2,244 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
- Irvine HighHigh · 1,964 students
Nearby schools
- University High0.4 mi · 2,307
- Bonita Canyon Elementary1.0 mi · 395
- University Park Elementary1.0 mi · 509
- Rancho San Joaquin Middle1.2 mi · 860
- Vista Verde1.3 mi · 837
- South Lake Middle1.5 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Turtle Rock ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Turtle Rock Elementary?
Turtle Rock Elementary enrolls approximately 881 students in grades KG-06.
Is Turtle Rock Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turtle Rock Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Turtle Rock Elementary have?
Turtle Rock Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 30.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Turtle Rock Elementary?
Student demographics at Turtle Rock Elementary are roughly 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 54% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Turtle Rock Elementary in?
Turtle Rock Elementary is part of Irvine Unified.
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