Olinda Elementary, Brea CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Olinda Elementary

Olinda Elementary is a standard public elementary school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Brea, a suburban city in northern Orange County, situated between the oil-and-citrus past and the retail-and-residential present. The school sits in a residential neighborhood within the Brea-Olinda Unified School District.

The school's state testing results show solid performance. In math, students in the third through sixth grades achieved proficiency ranging from the high seventies to mid-eighties. English language arts proficiency was somewhat higher overall, with sixth graders scoring in the high eighties and lower grades in the seventies. Science proficiency, measured only in fifth grade, was lower at around fifty-eight percent. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects places it in the top quartile among the county's elementary and middle schools that report comparable data.

The enrollment is relatively modest for an elementary school serving seven grades, with roughly balanced class sizes at each level. The student body is notably diverse by ethnicity, with a clear majority of Asian students and meaningful shares of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students, along with small numbers of Black and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students. Roughly one in seven students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, indicating a student population of mixed economic circumstances. Data on special education enrollment and English learner status was not available.

Brea itself is undergoing active redevelopment, especially near the Brea Mall and along the Imperial Highway corridor. Housing prices in the area are well above state and national medians, and rents are similarly elevated. The market affordability picture shows that homeownership requires a substantial multiple of area household income, while rental costs consume a meaningful share of median family earnings. This context reflects Brea's identity as an established suburban residential enclave with strong property values and a commuting workforce, now adding new mixed-use and multifamily development projects that will reshape parts of the city in coming years.

The city has a walkable downtown core centered on Birch Street with retail, dining, and services, supported by civic amenities including parks, a library, and OCTA bus connections. Beyond that center, Brea functions as a car-dependent suburban community. Schools throughout the district, including Olinda, are distributed across residential neighborhoods rather than clustered near downtown.

Olinda serves a stable, suburban, family-oriented setting with above-average academic performance in reading and mathematics. Parents may want to reach out to the school directly regarding support for science learning, given the lower proficiency levels in that subject, and to inquire about special education and English learner services, since enrollment data for those populations was not publicly available. The school's peer environment is ethnically mixed and relatively affluent, which shapes both the resources available and the social fabric families will encounter.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 384%

School 84% · District 69% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 485%

School 85% · District 69% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 55% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 677%

School 77% · District 61% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 60% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 478%

School 78% · District 66% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 68% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 687%

School 87% · District 71% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Science

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 47% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

This schoolBrea-Olinda Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income85%51 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income86%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income82%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income94%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income91%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income70%Higher-income91%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income79%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income85%32 pp gap