The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Orange Grove Elementary
Orange Grove Elementary sits in Anaheim, a large, complex Orange County city where residential texture ranges widely from affluent planned communities in the hills to working-class, heavily Latino neighborhoods in the west side. The school itself serves kindergarten through sixth grade and sits on South Harbor Boulevard in the zip code 92805, the western industrial and residential part of the city.
The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with most students from low-income households. A very substantial share of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small for a traditional elementary school. English learner status and special education prevalence data were not available, so a parent may want to look into those figures directly with the school to understand the full support landscape.
Academically, Orange Grove is showing low performance across both English language arts and mathematics on California's state assessments. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from low to the low-to-mid range depending on grade, with fifth grade performing somewhat better than the others. Math proficiency is notably lower, declining as students progress through the upper grades, with sixth grade showing particularly weak results. A science assessment was administered only in fifth grade, where proficiency was also low. These numbers place the school in the bottom quartile of the comparison set of districts across Orange County when overall proficiency is averaged across tested subjects and grades. State testing data for earlier years was not available, so trajectory cannot be assessed from this school's own history.
The broader context matters here. Anaheim Elementary School District, which operates Orange Grove, has made a district-wide commitment to Science of Reading-based literacy instruction, adopting the Benchmark Advance/Adelante curriculum and training teachers through LETRS and Aspire programs over multiple years. The district reported consecutive years of ELA gains across its schools, with systemwide proficiency rising between 2024 and 2025. That initiative is still underway, and Orange Grove's current results likely reflect students and teaching in transition as these practices take hold. For families considering the school, the question becomes whether Orange Grove will benefit from the district's sustained focus on literacy in years ahead, and whether the school's specific execution and staffing match the district's overall direction.
The district also offers districtwide dual-language immersion in Spanish and English from kindergarten through sixth grade under its e²STEAM-D model, which integrates bilingual literacy with science, technology, engineering, and arts. That is a durable program feature worth understanding if biliteracy development matters to your family.
Housing in the 92805 zip code reflects Anaheim's broader market: home values are substantial for Orange County, and rental costs are high relative to regional incomes, with rent consuming a notable share of household budgets. The surrounding city offers mixed walkability and character, from the car-dependent suburban neighborhoods to the more pedestrian-friendly downtown and historic Colony District, which retain civic anchors like the Central Library and Pearson Park.
Orange Grove's low test results are real and significant for a family choosing a school. At the same time, the school sits within a district executing a deliberate, research-based literacy overhaul, and that work is documented. A parent should ask the school directly about how that training is taking shape at Orange Grove, what staffing supports that effort, and how the school's own data on reading progress (beyond state tests) looks in near-real time. The school's small size and heavily Latino, low-income composition are facts of its community, not judgments; they shape the peer group and the resources the school must stretch. What matters is whether the school is moving.
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