Is Olinda Elementary a good school?

Yes. Olinda Elementary ranks in the top 6.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Olinda Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 671 students attended Olinda Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Olinda Elementary?

Students at Olinda Elementary are 56% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 13% White, 11% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Olinda Elementary attend?

Students who attend Olinda Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Brea Junior High High : Brea Olinda High

Olinda Elementary

Summary:

Olinda Elementary is a public elementary school located in Brea, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 671 students. The school is part of the Brea-Olinda Unified School District, which is ranked 318 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Olinda Elementary consistently ranks among the top 10% of elementary schools in California, with a statewide ranking between 381 and 457 out of over 5,800 schools in recent years. The school's students perform exceptionally well on standardized tests, with a significantly higher percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 77.78% of Olinda Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 64.39% for the Brea-Olinda Unified School District and 47.04% for the state of California. In Mathematics, 80.63% of Olinda Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 60.18% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Olinda Elementary's performance is particularly strong for certain student subgroups, such as male students, Asian students, and English Language Learners.

Olinda Elementary's academic performance is significantly stronger than the nearby Falcon Academy of Science and Technology, which is also part of the Brea-Olinda Unified School District. The school also outperforms the nearby Brea Country Hills Elementary, which is in the same district, across multiple academic measures. Olinda Elementary has maintained a consistently high level of academic performance over the years, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, even as the district and state averages have fluctuated.

Detail:

Public K-6

3145 East Birch St.
Brea, CA 92821-6250

(714) 528-7475

District: Brea-Olinda Unified

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,644

Students who attend Olinda Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Brea Junior High
High:	Brea Olinda High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.8

Number of students: 671

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

55.7%

Hispanic:

19.4%

White:

12.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 14.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Olinda Elementary ranks better than 93.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Brea-Olinda Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 94.5. (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 Olinda Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Brea-Olinda Unified School District. Student population at Olinda Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (55.7%), Hispanic (19.4%), White (12.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 14.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Brea-Olinda Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Olinda Elementary is 24.8, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Brea-Olinda Unified School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Olinda Elementary is $4,644, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Brea-Olinda Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Olinda Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Olinda Elementary 381^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Olinda Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Brea-Olinda Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Brea-Olinda Unified 318^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Olinda Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	91.42	426^th	4809	91.1%
2005	92.44	358^th	4822	92.6%
2006	94.04	264^th	4818	94.5%
2007	93.83	299^th	5113	94.2%
2008	95.91	134^th	5113	97.4%
2009	94.41	197^th	5193	96.2%
2010	93.76	211^th	5314	96.0%
2011	92.33	294^th	5377	94.5%
2012	91.05	360^th	5390	93.3%
2013	87.96	582^nd	5530	89.5%
2015	92.68	468^th	5611	91.7%
2016	88.45	712^th	5614	87.3%
2017	93.23	434^th	5692	92.4%
2018	92.49	479^th	5662	91.5%
2019	93.47	405^th	5789	93.0%
2022	93.79	457^th	5883	92.2%
2023	93.99	429^th	5874	92.7%
2024	94.50	381^st	5862	93.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	80.46	103^rd	669	84.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	86.33	211^th	3311	93.6%
2023	89.32	150^th	3250	95.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.22	518^th	5084	89.8%
2019	88.38	350^th	5173	93.2%
2022	84.79	556^th	5264	89.4%
2023	83.82	629^th	5374	88.3%
2024	79.49	854^th	5511	84.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.72	387^th	5413	92.9%
2019	92.50	395^th	5492	92.8%
2022	92.58	476^th	5635	91.6%
2023	94.16	354^th	5617	93.7%
2024	91.70	523^rd	5605	90.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	83.96	241^st	2227	89.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.62	532^nd	5431	90.2%
2019	92.56	410^th	5510	92.6%
2022	93.17	435^th	5663	92.3%
2023	92.06	497^th	5650	91.2%
2024	94.79	298^th	5636	94.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.20	276^th	1071	74.2%
2019	75.56	242^nd	1149	78.9%
2022	74.40	291^st	1154	74.8%
2023	72.38	348^th	1190	70.8%
2024	75.15	287^th	1203	76.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.89	502^nd	4830	89.6%
2019	85.42	486^th	4963	90.2%
2022	79.63	749^th	5084	85.3%
2023	79.78	744^th	5098	85.4%
2024	78.63	769^th	5102	84.9%

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Rank History for White students at Olinda Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	77.01	552^nd	2737	79.8%
2019	60.84	1180^th	2834	58.4%
2022	59.86	1165^th	2726	57.3%
2023	52.33	1364^th	2662	48.8%
2024	65.71	939^th	2647	64.5%

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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 Olinda Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	143	4	10	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	165
1989	132	4	10	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	148
1990	132	3	15	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	155
1991	140	1	24	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	168
1992	175	6	18	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	203
1993	177	8	18	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	207
1994	155	8	23	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	194
1995	146	6	20	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	186
1996	146	6	20	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	186
1997	149	6	17	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	188
1998	148	4	18	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	191
1999	126	3	19	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	168
2000	117	3	12	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	152
2001	116	4	12	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	151
2002	132	5	49	31	0	n/a	n/a	7	224
2003	132	5	49	31	0	n/a	n/a	7	224
2004	128	8	110	40	2	n/a	n/a	9	297
2005	132	4	113	34	2	n/a	n/a	18	303
2006	127	13	121	45	0	n/a	n/a	8	314
2007	126	8	125	52	0	n/a	n/a	5	316
2008	128	1	119	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	307
2009	134	7	128	61	0	0	5	0	335
2010	132	4	134	62	0	2	1	0	335
2011	121	7	164	61	0	3	3	0	359
2012	137	8	165	82	0	1	4	0	397
2013	135	12	191	125	0	1	5	0	469
2014	130	8	216	139	1	1	5	0	500
2015	128	7	252	159	1	1	15	0	563
2016	112	5	289	153	1	1	22	0	583
2017	127	7	321	149	1	1	20	0	626
2018	117	6	331	153	1	1	30	0	639
2019	115	7	366	157	2	1	36	0	684
2020	102	5	380	141	2	1	34	0	665
2021	84	3	348	126	1	2	37	0	601
2022	86	4	372	133	1	2	37	0	635
2023	84	3	374	130	1	3	76	0	671

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Olinda Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	165	6.0	27.5	n/a
1989	148	6.0	24.6	n/a
1990	155	6.0	25.8	n/a
1991	168	7.0	24.0	n/a
1992	203	7.1	28.5	n/a
1993	207	7.0	29.6	1.9
1994	194	7.0	27.7	2.6
1995	186	7.5	24.8	4.8
1996	186	7.5	24.8	4.8
1997	188	9.0	20.9	5.3
1998	191	8.5	22.5	9.4
1999	168	8.5	19.8	10.7
2000	152	7.5	20.3	7.9
2001	151	7.0	21.6	7.3
2002	224	11.0	20.4	4.1
2003	224	11.0	20.4	4.1
2004	297	13.0	22.8	3.5
2005	303	15.0	20.2	7.7
2006	314	14.5	21.7	7.8
2007	316	14.5	21.8	5.1
2008	307	16.0	19.2	6.2
2009	335	14.0	20.9	7.2
2010	335	12.5	26.8	9
2011	359	n/a	n/a	9.7
2012	397	14.0	28.3	n/a
2013	469	15.0	31.2	18.3
2014	500	16.0	31.2	17.6
2015	563	19.0	29.6	18.1
2016	583	21.0	27.7	18
2017	626	23.6	26.5	16.8
2018	639	24.6	25.9	21.6
2019	684	25.6	26.7	19.7
2020	665	n/a	n/a	18.6
2021	601	25.0	24.0	16.8
2022	635	26.0	24.4	16.4
2023	671	27.0	24.8	14.9

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 Olinda Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	165	6.0	27.5	n/a
1989	148	6.0	24.6	n/a
1990	155	6.0	25.8	n/a
1991	168	7.0	24.0	n/a
1992	203	7.1	28.5	n/a
1993	207	7.0	29.6	1.9
1994	194	7.0	27.7	2.6
1995	186	7.5	24.8	4.8
1996	186	7.5	24.8	4.8
1997	188	9.0	20.9	5.3
1998	191	8.5	22.5	9.4
1999	168	8.5	19.8	10.7
2000	152	7.5	20.3	7.9
2001	151	7.0	21.6	7.3
2002	224	11.0	20.4	4.1
2003	224	11.0	20.4	4.1
2004	297	13.0	22.8	3.5
2005	303	15.0	20.2	7.7
2006	314	14.5	21.7	7.8
2007	316	14.5	21.8	5.1
2008	307	16.0	19.2	6.2
2009	335	14.0	20.9	7.2
2010	335	12.5	26.8	9
2011	359	n/a	n/a	9.7
2012	397	14.0	28.3	n/a
2013	469	15.0	31.2	18.3
2014	500	16.0	31.2	17.6
2015	563	19.0	29.6	18.1
2016	583	21.0	27.7	18
2017	626	23.6	26.5	16.8
2018	639	24.6	25.9	21.6
2019	684	25.6	26.7	19.7
2020	665	n/a	n/a	18.6
2021	601	25.0	24.0	16.8
2022	635	26.0	24.4	16.4
2023	671	27.0	24.8	14.9

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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