Schools · Westminster
Westminster, CA schools
Westminster’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 65% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 13 schools through grade 6, then Warner Middle or Sarah McGarvin Intermediate or Johnson Middle.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Westminster’s School Grade: A
The public schools Westminster’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 87% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresB+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 87%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (562)Better than 96%
High confidence. Built on 5,484 tested students and a graduating class of 3,946; 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 Westminster kids go to school
Grades 7–8
CWarner Middle or Sarah McGarvin Intermediate or CJohnson Middle
Depends on your address Westminster School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Huntington Beach Union High)82%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–8, Westminster School District)5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Reading (Garden Grove Unified)65%
State average 48.5%
Math (Huntington Beach Union High)65%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–8, Westminster School District)5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Math (Garden Grove Unified)38%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
3,946
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #141 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Westminster
Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 8 schools · 13,967 students
$18,463 per studentCA $21,206AWestminster School DistrictGrades K–8 · 17 schools · 7,864 students
$20,581 per studentCA $21,206Garden Grove Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 66 schools · 36,994 students
$21,521 per studentCA $21,206A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 27 schools in Westminster
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Demille ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 562 students
PublicEastwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 542 students
PublicJessie Hayden ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 514 students
PublicLeo Carrillo ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 508 students
PublicWillmore ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 485 students
PublicWestmont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 441 students
PublicSequoia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 440 students
PublicStar View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 391 students
D-PublicPost ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 338 students
D-PublicSusan B. Anthony ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 332 students
PublicJohn Marshall ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 323 students
C-PublicFryberger ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 319 students
PublicFinley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 316 students
CPublicSchmitt ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 314 students
PublicWebber ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 314 students
PublicWarner MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 846 students
CPublicSarah McGarvin IntermediateMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 717 students
PublicJohnson MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 505 students
CPublicWestminster HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,529 students
APublicLa Quinta HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,041 students
APublicJohn F. LandGrades M
PublicBETHANY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateBLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
PrivateCOVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateLITTLE LIGHT PRESCHOOL
PrivateOC MONTESSORI ACADEMY
PrivatePACIFIC COAST SATELLITE ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.