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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Washington Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531006012
Washington Elementary
910 West Anahurst Pl., Santa Ana, CA 92707 · (714) 440-5100 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- BThree-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
21.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
506 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 | 116 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
8%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
28.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.0pp since 2014
Math
19.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 17.3% | 25.3% | 46.7% |
| Math | 4.8% | 14.8% | 30.0% | 50.4% |
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 | 28.0% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 19.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 21.8% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 21.7% | 17.9% |
| 2017-18 | 27.6% | 24.1% |
| 2016-17 | 26.5% | 27.0% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary this school | 529 | 95.7% | 24.0% |
| Karl F. Clemens Elementary Wasco | 551 | 95.5% | 17.3% |
| Teresa Hughes Elementary Cudahy | 515 | 96.7% | 40.4% |
| La Granada Elementary Riverside | 524 | 96.0% | 21.1% |
| Eastman Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 96.3% | 23.5% |
| Corona Avenue Elementary Bell | 542 | 95.9% | 29.2% |
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 Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,187 of 5,151 | #356 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #4,341 of 5,172 ▼ 75 | #359 of 382 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,175 of 5,172 ▼ 414 | #349 of 382 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #2,255 of 5,116 | #162 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,106 of 5,915 | #157 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,119 of 5,352 | #88 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #5,068 of 5,354 | #368 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #361 of 5,625 | #12 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #327 of 3,837 | #36 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
529
-102 (-16%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,142
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 529 | 24.2 | 21.9:1 | 96% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 25.5 | 20.7:1 | 86% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 29.5 | 19.0:1 | 88% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 28 | 22.5:1 | 91% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 30 | 26.9:1 | 90% (730) |
| 2015-16 | 881 | 35 | 25.2:1 | 94% (828) |
| 2010-11 | 1,008 | N/A | N/A | 92% (928) |
| 2000-01 | 1,319 | 67 | 19.7:1 | 78% (1,028) |
| 1990-91 | 1,142 | 40 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (807 to 529); teachers down 19% (30 to 24.2).
About Washington Elementary
Washington Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Santa Ana, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 529 students.
Washington Elementary is part of Santa Ana Unified, where 51 schools serve 35,993 students.
The share of students at Washington Elementary who are Hispanic is 96%. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
The school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.9 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Orange County average 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Washington Elementary lands at C, ahead of 28% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Washington Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $116,289 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 649 public schools with about 430,458 students, including Washington Elementary.
Manuel Esqueda Elementary is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.2%; Washington Elementary's is 24.0%, ranking 6th of 8.
Washington Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Washington Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Santa Ana Unified
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- Century HighHigh · 1,519 students
- Saddleback HighHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Santa Ana
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,126 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary is the 16th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington ElementaryMontebello, CA · 685 students
- Washington ElementaryPomona, CA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Manuel Esqueda Elementary0.4 mi · 811
- Cesar E. Chavez High0.5 mi · 350
- Saddleback High0.7 mi · 1,451
- Thomas A. Edison Elementary0.7 mi · 332
- Monroe Elementary0.8 mi · 217
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Washington ElementaryHow large is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Washington Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Washington Elementary.
How diverse is Washington Elementary?
Washington Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Washington Elementary in?
Washington Elementary is part of Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.