Is Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary a good school?

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary ranks 4361 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 531 students attended Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary?

Students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary attend?

Students who attend Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Brookhurst Junior High High : Savanna High

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Summary:

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is a public elementary school in Anaheim, California, serving students from kindergarten to 6th grade. With concerning trends in key metrics, this school faces significant challenges compared to nearby schools and the broader district.

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 37.5% in 2022-2023, notably higher than nearby Barton (Clara) Elementary (34.6%) and Marshall (John) Elementary (36.5%). The school also consistently underperforms on standardized tests, with only 24.44% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 26.01% in Mathematics, compared to the Anaheim Elementary District and the state of California. Additionally, Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 67.61% to 86.06%, significantly higher than nearby schools.

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as male students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, who rank in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools. The school's overall ranking has also declined over the years, dropping from 3886 out of 5611 California elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 4361 out of 5862 in 2023-2024. Addressing these issues will require a comprehensive and targeted approach to improve educational outcomes for the students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

810 North Gilbert St.
Anaheim, CA 92801-3348

(714) 517-8908

District: Anaheim Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
4361^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,907

Students who attend Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Brookhurst Junior High
High:	Savanna High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.1

Number of students: 531

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.7%

Asian:

6.8%

White:

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 67.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary ranks worse than 74.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.98. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (82.7%), Asian (6.8%), White (5.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 67.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is 24.1, which is the highest among 23 elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary employs 22 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary is $6,907. 18 elementary schools in the Anaheim Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary 4361^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Anaheim Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Anaheim Elementary 1218^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	20.27	3918^th	4809	18.5%
2005	22.39	3808^th	4822	21.0%
2006	15.16	4348^th	4818	9.8%
2007	17.01	4506^th	5113	11.9%
2008	37.41	3108^th	5113	39.2%
2009	53.44	2272^nd	5193	56.2%
2010	45.33	2819^th	5314	47.0%
2011	31.91	3848^th	5377	28.4%
2012	41.67	3158^th	5390	41.4%
2013	40.89	3259^th	5530	41.1%
2015	27.63	3886^th	5611	30.7%
2016	24.76	4198^th	5614	25.2%
2017	21.60	4549^th	5692	20.1%
2018	26.58	4120^th	5662	27.2%
2019	29.00	4016^th	5789	30.6%
2022	17.49	5110^th	5883	13.1%
2023	22.84	4578^th	5874	22.1%
2024	24.98	4361^st	5862	25.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.15	2048^th	3246	36.9%
2019	31.70	2359^th	3275	28.0%
2022	32.34	2425^th	3311	26.8%
2023	34.65	2192^nd	3250	32.6%
2024	32.07	2413^th	3160	23.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.82	2044^th	2420	15.5%
2024	17.92	2500^th	2634	5.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	32.55	3583^rd	5084	29.5%
2019	34.96	3512^th	5173	32.1%
2022	22.18	4492^nd	5264	14.7%
2023	32.26	3712^th	5374	30.9%
2024	29.86	3966^th	5511	28.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.78	4112^th	5413	24.0%
2019	28.05	3986^th	5492	27.4%
2022	21.57	4557^th	5635	19.1%
2023	32.94	3509^th	5617	37.5%
2024	28.46	3929^th	5605	29.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	60.94	565^th	2128	73.4%
2019	50.98	957^th	2585	63.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.12	3855^th	5431	29.0%
2019	29.87	3807^th	5510	30.9%
2022	15.61	5159^th	5663	8.9%
2023	16.94	5000^th	5650	11.5%
2024	23.42	4413^th	5636	21.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.25	3742^nd	4830	22.5%
2019	28.98	3763^rd	4963	24.2%
2022	19.61	4531^st	5084	10.9%
2023	26.60	3989^th	5098	21.8%
2024	30.30	3716^th	5102	27.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	347	45	154	182	2	n/a	n/a	0	730
1989	307	66	125	198	0	n/a	n/a	0	696
1990	281	44	138	260	3	n/a	n/a	0	726
1991	254	38	138	310	3	n/a	n/a	0	743
1992	266	54	110	348	0	n/a	n/a	0	778
1993	227	40	110	333	1	n/a	n/a	0	711
1994	225	49	127	397	3	n/a	n/a	0	801
1995	164	35	89	486	2	n/a	n/a	0	776
1996	164	35	89	486	2	n/a	n/a	0	776
1997	146	32	95	522	0	n/a	n/a	0	795
1998	150	21	89	468	1	n/a	n/a	0	729
1999	110	26	84	473	1	n/a	n/a	0	694
2000	99	32	98	501	2	n/a	n/a	0	732
2001	92	31	98	534	1	n/a	n/a	0	756
2002	90	30	101	534	4	n/a	n/a	0	759
2003	90	30	101	534	4	n/a	n/a	0	759
2004	63	29	95	571	1	n/a	n/a	0	759
2005	55	25	95	596	0	n/a	n/a	1	772
2006	50	31	98	583	0	n/a	n/a	2	764
2007	41	26	83	575	0	n/a	n/a	5	730
2008	24	26	98	532	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	680
2009	21	20	93	518	0	5	12	0	669
2010	33	19	73	566	0	5	1	0	697
2011	33	15	68	575	0	2	5	0	698
2012	33	18	68	566	1	4	5	0	695
2013	32	13	60	557	0	3	2	0	667
2014	38	21	76	597	0	3	3	0	738
2015	31	17	60	634	0	1	5	0	748
2016	33	13	56	597	0	1	7	0	707
2017	33	17	54	605	0	1	9	0	719
2018	24	17	62	587	0	2	9	0	701
2019	36	12	44	542	0	3	10	0	647
2020	36	6	37	486	0	4	9	0	578
2021	33	8	33	441	1	4	18	0	538
2022	41	9	33	407	2	6	12	0	510
2023	28	12	36	439	2	2	12	0	531

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	730	28.0	26.0	n/a
1989	696	26.0	26.7	n/a
1990	726	27.0	26.8	n/a
1991	743	27.0	27.5	n/a
1992	778	27.4	28.3	45.9
1993	711	25.0	28.4	55.7
1994	801	32.0	25.0	59.1
1995	776	32.0	24.3	90.1
1996	776	32.0	24.3	90.1
1997	795	31.0	25.6	85
1998	729	33.5	21.8	85.6
1999	694	34.5	20.1	88.3
2000	732	33.0	22.2	88.5
2001	756	34.5	21.9	87.6
2002	759	37.0	20.5	80.5
2003	759	37.0	20.5	80.5
2004	759	36.0	21.1	79.4
2005	772	38.0	20.3	82.4
2006	764	37.0	20.6	80.8
2007	730	35.8	20.4	79.6
2008	680	38.5	17.7	83.8
2009	669	34.0	18.6	84.6
2010	697	32.0	21.7	90.1
2011	698	n/a	n/a	84.2
2012	695	25.6	27.1	n/a
2013	667	25.2	26.3	85.6
2014	738	24.8	29.7	82.4
2015	748	26.0	28.7	82.4
2016	707	25.0	28.2	77.4
2017	719	25.0	28.7	83.3
2018	701	25.0	28.0	86
2019	647	21.2	30.4	85.3
2020	578	n/a	n/a	84.9
2021	538	22.0	24.4	86.1
2022	510	23.0	22.1	72.5
2023	531	22.0	24.1	67.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	730	28.0	26.0	n/a
1989	696	26.0	26.7	n/a
1990	726	27.0	26.8	n/a
1991	743	27.0	27.5	n/a
1992	778	27.4	28.3	45.9
1993	711	25.0	28.4	55.7
1994	801	32.0	25.0	59.1
1995	776	32.0	24.3	90.1
1996	776	32.0	24.3	90.1
1997	795	31.0	25.6	85
1998	729	33.5	21.8	85.6
1999	694	34.5	20.1	88.3
2000	732	33.0	22.2	88.5
2001	756	34.5	21.9	87.6
2002	759	37.0	20.5	80.5
2003	759	37.0	20.5	80.5
2004	759	36.0	21.1	79.4
2005	772	38.0	20.3	82.4
2006	764	37.0	20.6	80.8
2007	730	35.8	20.4	79.6
2008	680	38.5	17.7	83.8
2009	669	34.0	18.6	84.6
2010	697	32.0	21.7	90.1
2011	698	n/a	n/a	84.2
2012	695	25.6	27.1	n/a
2013	667	25.2	26.3	85.6
2014	738	24.8	29.7	82.4
2015	748	26.0	28.7	82.4
2016	707	25.0	28.2	77.4
2017	719	25.0	28.7	83.3
2018	701	25.0	28.0	86
2019	647	21.2	30.4	85.3
2020	578	n/a	n/a	84.9
2021	538	22.0	24.4	86.1
2022	510	23.0	22.1	72.5
2023	531	22.0	24.1	67.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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