Imperial Elementary, Anaheim CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Imperial Elementary

Imperial Elementary is a small to mid-sized elementary school in Anaheim serving students from kindergarten through sixth grade. The school sits in a diverse, working-class neighborhood in a city that spans from affluent hillside communities to the densely populated, heavily Latino West Anaheim and the historic downtown. The school's location places it in a part of Anaheim shaped by affordable housing stock and the broader economic gravity of tourism, hospitality, and construction work, though the city is undergoing substantial mixed-use redevelopment around the Platinum Triangle and ARTIC intermodal center.

The student body reflects Orange County's ethnic and economic diversity. Just over a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Enrollment is roughly stable across grades, with slightly higher numbers in some years. The racial and ethnic composition is mixed, with students who are White, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial; no single group comprises an overwhelming majority. The school does not publicly report its special-education or English-learner populations, which is typical for schools of this type.

On state testing, Imperial Elementary shows mixed performance. In English language arts across grades three through six, proficiency ranges from below half to nearly two-thirds of students meeting grade-level standards, with fourth graders performing strongest. Math proficiency is lower overall, ranging from about a third to nearly two-thirds of students meeting grade level. A notable dip appears in fifth grade in both subjects, suggesting that grade level may merit attention. Science testing, available only for fifth grade, shows just over a third of students meeting standards, a low result that a parent may want to look into further with the school. Across all tested grades and subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency sits slightly above the median among elementary schools in Orange County, though well below the highest-performing schools in the county. A parent should view these results as indicating a school where most students are working on or near grade level in reading but where math requires closer support and where the upper elementary grades show steeper learning curves than the lower grades.

The school's enrollment and demographics place it in a working-class, diverse Anaheim neighborhood. Family income levels are modest; the housing market in the 92807 zip code shows home values consistent with Orange County's broader affordability squeeze, where renting costs substantially as a share of household income and purchasing power is constrained. The broader city context includes major employment anchors in hospitality and entertainment, the public sector, and health care, alongside growing mixed-use and residential development that may reshape the neighborhood's character over the coming years. For a family looking at Imperial Elementary, the key consideration is whether the school's current academic profile and the neighborhood's working-class, diverse character fit their needs and values, and whether the school's support systems address the learning gaps evident in math and upper elementary grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 54% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 54% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 46% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 52% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 61% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 63% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 42% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolOrange 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-income60%Higher-income70%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income78%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income54%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income77%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income67%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income69%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income19%Higher-income44%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income58%23 pp gap