Is Anderson Elementary a good school?

Anderson Elementary ranks 3890 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Anderson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 470 students attended Anderson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Anderson Elementary?

Students at Anderson Elementary are 49% Hispanic, 43% Asian, 4% White, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Anderson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Anderson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Warner Middle High : Westminster High

Anderson Elementary

Summary:

Anderson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Garden Grove, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 490 students. It is part of the Westminster School District, which is ranked 515 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Anderson Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Westminster School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.63% of Anderson Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 53.86% for the Westminster district and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, only 25.63% of Anderson Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 45.27% for the Westminster district and 35.54% for California. The school's performance in Science (CAST) is also below the district and state averages.

Anderson Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.9% in 2018-2019 to 21.2% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average and the nearby schools in the Westminster and Garden Grove Unified districts. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 86.53% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the nearby schools in the Westminster and Garden Grove Unified districts.

Detail:

Public K-6

8902 Hewitt Pl.
Garden Grove, CA 92844-2630

(714) 894-7201

District: Westminster

SchoolDigger Rank:
3890^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,179

Students who attend Anderson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Warner Middle
High:	Westminster High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.3

Number of students: 470

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

48.7%

Asian:

43.0%

White:

4.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Anderson Elementary ranks worse than 66.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 13 ranked elementary schools in the Westminster School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.45. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (48.7%), Asian (43%), White (4.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Anderson Elementary is 21.3, which is the 2^nd best among 13 elementary schools in the Westminster School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Anderson Elementary is $7,179, which is the highest among 13 elementary schools in the Westminster School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Anderson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Anderson Elementary 3890^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Anderson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Westminster:

SchoolDigger ranks Westminster 515^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Anderson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	51.78	2067^th	4809	57.0%
2005	53.29	2031^st	4822	57.9%
2006	68.29	1420^th	4818	70.5%
2007	69.02	1412^th	5113	72.4%
2008	72.50	1305^th	5113	74.5%
2009	62.23	1801^st	5193	65.3%
2010	69.10	1504^th	5314	71.7%
2011	50.40	2578^th	5377	52.1%
2012	49.48	2653^rd	5390	50.8%
2013	44.12	3066^th	5530	44.6%
2015	62.83	1806^th	5611	67.8%
2016	66.84	1673^rd	5614	70.2%
2017	68.73	1628^th	5692	71.4%
2018	66.12	1757^th	5662	69.0%
2019	54.90	2324^th	5789	59.9%
2022	39.45	3130^th	5883	46.8%
2023	35.56	3463^rd	5874	41.0%
2024	30.45	3890^th	5862	33.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	83.87	274^th	3246	91.6%
2019	80.62	310^th	3275	90.5%
2022	66.81	550^th	3311	83.4%
2023	73.50	415^th	3250	87.2%
2024	45.37	1452^nd	3160	54.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	53.10	825^th	2420	65.9%
2024	42.38	1222^nd	2634	53.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.78	931^st	5084	81.7%
2019	66.46	1382^nd	5173	73.3%
2022	57.10	1853^rd	5264	64.8%
2023	46.64	2587^th	5374	51.9%
2024	41.10	3049^th	5511	44.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	61.12	1923^rd	5413	64.5%
2019	56.34	2159^th	5492	60.7%
2022	38.94	3057^th	5635	45.7%
2023	31.33	3651^st	5617	35.0%
2024	30.06	3790^th	5605	32.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	44.11	1156^th	2585	55.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.84	1571^st	5431	71.1%
2019	52.27	2353^rd	5510	57.3%
2022	39.94	3011^th	5663	46.8%
2023	40.62	3026^th	5650	46.4%
2024	32.23	3622^nd	5636	35.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.70	745^th	1071	30.4%
2019	27.40	919^th	1149	20.0%
2022	16.06	997^th	1154	13.6%
2023	16.14	1025^th	1190	13.9%
2024	20.19	1007^th	1203	16.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Anderson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.43	2326^th	4830	51.8%
2019	41.08	2887^th	4963	41.8%
2022	23.35	4257^th	5084	16.3%
2023	18.12	4606^th	5098	9.7%
2024	9.09	5014^th	5102	1.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Anderson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	165	6	176	72	1	n/a	n/a	0	420
1989	148	4	161	75	2	n/a	n/a	0	390
1990	146	4	130	103	1	n/a	n/a	0	384
1991	160	10	193	141	2	n/a	n/a	0	506
1992	118	9	243	175	30	n/a	n/a	0	575
1993	132	8	267	172	2	n/a	n/a	0	581
1994	83	8	278	162	14	n/a	n/a	0	545
1995	73	11	345	153	3	n/a	n/a	0	585
1996	73	11	345	153	3	n/a	n/a	0	585
1997	72	6	342	154	4	n/a	n/a	0	578
1998	65	19	313	185	0	n/a	n/a	0	582
1999	54	12	317	225	5	n/a	n/a	5	618
2000	61	3	340	223	0	n/a	n/a	3	630
2001	65	3	335	228	0	n/a	n/a	2	633
2002	45	3	343	203	1	n/a	n/a	8	603
2003	45	3	343	203	1	n/a	n/a	8	603
2004	35	0	349	219	1	n/a	n/a	10	614
2005	30	2	348	256	1	n/a	n/a	8	645
2006	31	4	358	243	0	n/a	n/a	11	647
2007	29	9	385	245	0	n/a	n/a	14	682
2008	24	11	394	231	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	660
2009	24	10	433	241	0	2	6	0	716
2010	27	10	439	255	1	3	2	0	737
2011	20	5	431	258	1	2	9	0	726
2012	24	5	411	273	1	7	2	0	723
2013	19	4	361	271	1	7	0	0	663
2014	23	5	349	281	0	7	0	0	665
2015	27	1	325	284	0	5	1	0	643
2016	25	1	295	273	0	4	2	0	600
2017	24	1	278	237	0	5	3	0	548
2018	22	1	272	227	0	3	1	0	526
2019	31	1	274	243	0	3	6	0	558
2020	21	2	264	252	1	3	6	0	549
2021	21	0	245	234	1	4	14	0	519
2022	15	0	226	235	1	3	10	0	490
2023	18	1	225	229	1	2	14	0	490
2024	20	1	202	229	1	3	14	0	470

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Anderson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	420	20.7	20.2	n/a
1989	390	16.6	23.4	n/a
1990	384	16.7	22.9	n/a
1991	506	19.7	25.6	n/a
1992	575	20.0	28.7	63
1993	581	25.8	22.5	64
1994	545	22.7	24.0	82.6
1995	585	24.2	24.2	70.8
1996	585	24.2	24.2	70.8
1997	578	28.2	20.5	79.4
1998	582	29.6	19.7	82.6
1999	618	28.6	21.6	83.8
2000	630	30.7	20.5	83.4
2001	633	33.1	19.1	79.7
2002	603	31.1	19.4	78.7
2003	603	31.1	19.4	78.7
2004	614	29.0	21.2	79.5
2005	645	29.5	21.9	73.5
2006	647	30.5	21.2	77.4
2007	682	32.5	21.0	78.6
2008	660	34.0	19.4	71.8
2009	716	35.5	19.6	75.4
2010	737	30.5	24.1	76.3
2011	726	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	723	29.0	24.9	84.4
2013	663	26.0	25.5	85.5
2014	665	27.0	24.6	84.1
2015	643	27.0	23.8	81
2016	600	26.0	23.0	85.8
2017	548	24.0	22.8	86.9
2018	526	23.0	22.8	85.6
2019	558	24.0	23.2	87.5
2020	549	n/a	n/a	89.8
2021	519	23.0	22.5	82.5
2022	490	22.5	21.7	87.1
2023	490	23.0	21.3	86.5
2024	470	22.0	21.3	82.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Anderson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	420	20.7	20.2	n/a
1989	390	16.6	23.4	n/a
1990	384	16.7	22.9	n/a
1991	506	19.7	25.6	n/a
1992	575	20.0	28.7	63
1993	581	25.8	22.5	64
1994	545	22.7	24.0	82.6
1995	585	24.2	24.2	70.8
1996	585	24.2	24.2	70.8
1997	578	28.2	20.5	79.4
1998	582	29.6	19.7	82.6
1999	618	28.6	21.6	83.8
2000	630	30.7	20.5	83.4
2001	633	33.1	19.1	79.7
2002	603	31.1	19.4	78.7
2003	603	31.1	19.4	78.7
2004	614	29.0	21.2	79.5
2005	645	29.5	21.9	73.5
2006	647	30.5	21.2	77.4
2007	682	32.5	21.0	78.6
2008	660	34.0	19.4	71.8
2009	716	35.5	19.6	75.4
2010	737	30.5	24.1	76.3
2011	726	n/a	n/a	81.1
2012	723	29.0	24.9	84.4
2013	663	26.0	25.5	85.5
2014	665	27.0	24.6	84.1
2015	643	27.0	23.8	81
2016	600	26.0	23.0	85.8
2017	548	24.0	22.8	86.9
2018	526	23.0	22.8	85.6
2019	558	24.0	23.2	87.5
2020	549	n/a	n/a	89.8
2021	519	23.0	22.5	82.5
2022	490	22.5	21.7	87.1
2023	490	23.0	21.3	86.5
2024	470	22.0	21.3	82.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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