Schools · Orange
Orange, CA schools
Orange’s public schools score close to California’s averages: 49% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 8, then McPherson Magnet or Portola Middle or Yorba Middle.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Orange’s School Grade: B
The public schools Orange’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresBGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (500)Better than 47%
High confidence. Built on 14,500 tested students and a graduating class of 4,905; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Orange kids go to school
Grades 8
McPherson Magnet or Portola Middle or CYorba Middle
Depends on your address Orange Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (Anaheim Union High)49%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–8, Orange Unified)60%
State average 48.5%
Math (Anaheim Union High)30%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–8, Orange Unified)39%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
4,905
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Orange
Anaheim Union High School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 21 schools · 26,076 students
$20,079 per studentCA $21,206BOrange Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 41 schools · 23,790 students
$16,406 per studentCA $21,206B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 42 schools in Orange
Showing 1–30 of 42 schools
McPherson MagnetElementary · Grades K–8 · 863 students
PublicCalifornia iInspire AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 699 students
PublicFletcher Mandarin Language & GATE AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 493 students
PublicJordan Academy of Language and Computer ScienceElementary · Grades K–6 · 430 students
PublicPalmyra GATE MagnetElementary · Grades K–6 · 429 students
CPublicCambridge ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 415 students
PublicWest Orange ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 410 students
PublicLa Veta ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 408 students
D-PublicTaft ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 387 students
PublicHandy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 377 students
PublicSycamore ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 357 students
PublicProspect ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 332 students
D-PublicChapman Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 321 students
D-PublicOlive ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 319 students
C-PublicLinda Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 289 students
PublicEsplanade ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 288 students
CPublicTomorrow's Leadership Collaborative (TLC) CharterElementary · Grades K–6 · 192 students
C-CharterSt. Johns Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 849 students
PrivateSt. Paul's Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 545 students
PrivateSalem Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 496 students
PrivateHoly Family Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 427 students
PrivateSt. Norbert Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 295 students
PrivateCovenant Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 248 students
PrivateInternational School of Orange CountyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 121 students
PrivateRossier Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 59 students
PrivateLittle Scholars Academy of CaliforniaElementary · Grades PK–K · 54 students
PrivateRevive Covenant PreschoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 26 students
PrivateSantiago Charter MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 1,137 students
D-CharterPortola MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 422 students
PublicYorba MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 418 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.