Elementary · California

Carl E. Gilbert Elementary

Free meals for all

Carl E. Gilbert Elementary, a public elementary school in Buena Park, California: grades k–5, 490 students, 27.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Buena Park Elementary.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
490
Teachers (FTE)
18.1
Students per teacher
27.0
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

20%proficient

−5.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in California

Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared

234 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

22%proficient

+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 78% of elementary schools in California

Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared

233 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Buena Park Elementary.

Location

Address
7255 Eighth St., Buena Park, CA 90621
Phone
(714)522-7281
City or town
Buena Park

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–536519.735%35%
Arthur F. Corey ElementaryFree meals for all
K–534124.450%52%
K–555920.725%27%
Raymond Temple ElementaryFree meals for all
K–643123.949%48%
K–646824.647%43%
Charles G. Emery ElementaryFree meals for all
K–564626.463%65%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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