The top reported proficiency rate is 26% in English language arts. The lowest is 15% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Olive Street Elementary
Olive Street Elementary sits on South Olive Street in central Anaheim, serving kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school in the Anaheim Elementary School District. The school draws from a neighborhood that falls within West Anaheim's working-class, heavily Latino corridor, and its student body reflects that directly: the enrollment is almost entirely Hispanic, and nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making it one of the highest-poverty campuses in a district that already serves a high-need population. Data on English learner rates and special education participation were not available in what was provided.
On the state's CAASPP assessments, proficiency rates across grades and subjects are low. In English language arts, results range from roughly one in five students meeting or exceeding standards at the third-grade level up to roughly three in ten by fifth and sixth grade. Math results are similarly modest, with third and fourth grade coming in slightly above the math average for the school and fifth and sixth grade lower still. Science, tested at fifth grade, mirrors the math picture. Placed against the districts in Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. A parent considering the school should ask the staff directly how they are progressing grade by grade, because only one year of data was available here, so no trend can be computed. What is publicly reported is that the Anaheim Elementary School District has produced consecutive years of ELA gains following a district-wide move to Science of Reading-based instruction, using the Benchmark Advance and Adelante curriculum alongside multi-year teacher training. The district credits that shift with measurable improvement at a majority of its schools. Whether Olive Street is among those improving campuses is a question worth putting to the principal.
The district also runs e²STEAM-D, a model that weaves Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math through a Dual Language Immersion framework. Structured biliteracy academies teach in Spanish and English from kindergarten through sixth grade at designated campuses, and the district has received state recognition for its language education programming. For families in a bilingual household, it is worth asking which specific offerings are available at Olive Street versus at a dedicated dual-language campus elsewhere in the district.
Graduation rate and AP or dual-enrollment access are not applicable here. The school ends at sixth grade, so those metrics belong to the high school pathway that follows.
The immediate housing market in this part of Anaheim is expensive relative to national norms. Home values in the zip code are well above the California statewide median, and estimated monthly ownership costs would consume a large share of the national median household income. Rents have held roughly flat year over year but remain high in absolute terms, and the rent burden for a household at median income is substantial. The broader Anaheim picture is one of active development: the Platinum Triangle is in the middle of a large mixed-use build-out, and the DisneylandForward expansion, approved in 2024, committed funds toward affordable housing. Those projects are concentrated away from the South Olive Street neighborhood, however, so near-term change on the ground around the school may be limited.
The city around the school is notably diverse in texture. Downtown Anaheim and its Colony Historic District, with the Anaheim Packing District, Pearson Park, and the Central Library, are a short distance away and offer genuine pedestrian street life. The Disneyland Resort and its tourism economy dominate Orange County employment, and Kaiser and the hotel and convention sector round out the major employer base. For a family weighing this school, the neighborhood itself is working-class and denser than Anaheim's hillside communities, with walkability that is uneven in places.
The academic picture at Olive Street warrants attention. Proficiency rates are well below the county midpoint, and a family choosing this school will want a direct conversation with the school about what support structures exist for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, and how the district's literacy initiative is landing specifically here.
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