C. C. Violette Elementary, Garden Grove CA

Original Research by School Decision on C. C. Violette Elementary

C. C. Violette Elementary is a small school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Garden Grove, a densely multicultural suburb in Orange County anchored by one of the world's largest Vietnamese-American communities. The school enrolls roughly a small enrollment consistent with many suburban elementary buildings. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with an Asian population including Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean families. A very substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class economic character of the neighborhood and the broader region.

Academic proficiency at Violette is below the midpoint among schools in Orange County. State testing data from spring shows uneven performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, sixth graders perform better than younger grades, with about half meeting proficiency standards, while fourth graders sit around a quarter. In math, the pattern reverses: third and sixth graders cluster near the middle of the proficiency range, while fourth and fifth graders fall to very low levels. Science proficiency, tested only in fifth grade, is particularly low. Across all tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to district schools in Orange County. The school has only one year of testing data on file, so trend information is not available; a parent may want to look into whether the school has begun targeted interventions in math for the middle grades and in science instruction.

The school sits within Garden Grove Unified, the third-largest public district in Orange County. Garden Grove itself is a built-out, postwar suburb with a rectangular street grid and auto-oriented corridors, though the city is pursuing infill and mixed-use housing development to address Orange County's affordability squeeze. Housing values in the school's zip code are substantial, typical for the region, and rents have been rising. The district headquartered in Garden Grove spans a wide suburban geography. The locale offers roughly fourteen parks, a downtown civic core anchored by Village Green Park, and bus transit through OCTA routes; the OC Streetcar, a light-rail project through Santa Ana and Garden Grove following the former Pacific Electric right-of-way, was in testing with revenue service anticipated for March 2027.

No recent material district-wide changes affecting parent choice, curriculum, or operations could be confirmed in the public record from the past several years. The district operates under state housing mandates and existing bonds from prior years.

Violette is a regular public neighborhood school with no specialized magnet or charter designation. Staff counts, attendance data, course or program specifics, and the English learner and special education enrollment counts were not available. A prospective family may want to contact the school directly to understand its approach to mathematics instruction in the intermediate grades and to learn about any English learner supports or special education services on campus.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 58% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 54% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 46% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 56% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 52% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 55% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 59% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 63% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 39% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

This schoolGarden Grove 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.