Is Bryant Elementary a good school?

Bryant Elementary ranks 3620 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Bryant Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 580 students attended Bryant Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Bryant Elementary?

Students at Bryant Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 3% White, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Bryant Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bryant Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Alamitos Intermediate High : Rancho Alamitos High

Bryant Elementary

Summary:

Bryant Elementary is a public elementary school located in Garden Grove, California, serving 553 students in grades K-6. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a student population that is predominantly from low-socioeconomic status families.

Bryant Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of California elementary schools, with only 34.81% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 59.43% for the Garden Grove Unified district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic students and students with disabilities, ranking in the bottom 20% and 30% of California schools, respectively, in these subgroups. Additionally, Bryant Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.1% in 2018-2019 to 36.9% in 2022-2023, much higher than the 27.5% average for nearby Brookhurst Elementary.

The challenges faced by Bryant Elementary are further compounded by its high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic status families, with 89.33% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the district average of around 80%. Additionally, the school has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 23.9, compared to nearby schools in the Garden Grove Unified district that range from 22.5 to 27.6 students per teacher. These factors likely contribute to the school's underperformance, which is particularly stark when compared to nearby Patton Elementary, which ranks in the top 5% of California elementary schools and significantly outperforms Bryant across all subject areas and grade levels.

Detail:

Public K-6

8371 Orangewood Ave.
Garden Grove, CA 92841-1517

(714) 663-6451

District: Garden Grove Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3620^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,999

Students who attend Bryant Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Alamitos Intermediate
High:	Rancho Alamitos High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.6

Number of students: 580

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.8%

Asian:

19.5%

Two or more races:

3.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bryant Elementary ranks worse than 61.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 43^rd among 44 ranked elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.69. (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 (72.8%), Asian (19.5%), two or more races (3.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bryant Elementary is 24.6. 25 elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Bryant Elementary employs 23.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bryant Elementary is $11,999. 33 elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bryant Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bryant Elementary 3620^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Bryant Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Garden Grove Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Garden Grove Unified 402^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bryant Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	21.17	3861^st	4809	19.7%
2005	19.50	4004^th	4822	17.0%
2006	28.22	3435^th	4818	28.7%
2007	30.01	3574^th	5113	30.1%
2008	30.49	3545^th	5113	30.7%
2009	34.74	3382^nd	5193	34.9%
2010	43.91	2928^th	5314	44.9%
2011	42.82	3036^th	5377	43.5%
2012	32.43	3772^nd	5390	30.0%
2013	40.99	3251^st	5530	41.2%
2015	32.28	3525^th	5611	37.2%
2016	37.57	3245^th	5614	42.2%
2017	34.80	3451^st	5692	39.4%
2018	42.62	2992^nd	5662	47.2%
2019	38.22	3295^th	5789	43.1%
2022	32.29	3675^th	5883	37.5%
2023	33.49	3612^th	5874	38.5%
2024	33.69	3620^th	5862	38.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.84	1304^th	3246	59.8%
2019	44.82	1503^rd	3275	54.1%
2022	58.71	807^th	3311	75.6%
2023	67.30	568^th	3250	82.5%
2024	55.87	888^th	3160	71.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	36.13	1384^th	2420	42.8%
2024	25.98	2059^th	2634	21.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.02	1905^th	5084	62.5%
2019	54.17	2132^nd	5173	58.8%
2022	44.04	2683^rd	5264	49.0%
2023	43.74	2786^th	5374	48.2%
2024	44.16	2798^th	5511	49.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.80	2964^th	5413	45.2%
2019	40.38	3078^th	5492	44.0%
2022	35.38	3295^th	5635	41.5%
2023	38.35	3124^th	5617	44.4%
2024	37.90	3201^st	5605	42.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.74	631^st	2128	70.3%
2019	57.97	772^nd	2585	70.1%
2022	55.84	689^th	2227	69.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.69	2807^th	5431	48.3%
2019	36.05	3313^th	5510	39.9%
2022	30.09	3773^rd	5663	33.4%
2023	29.83	3796^th	5650	32.8%
2024	29.58	3850^th	5636	31.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.90	720^th	1071	32.8%
2019	43.58	783^rd	1149	31.9%
2022	33.93	861^st	1154	25.4%
2023	28.68	933^rd	1190	21.6%
2024	36.98	881^st	1203	26.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bryant Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.15	2924^th	4830	39.5%
2019	38.62	3050^th	4963	38.5%
2022	31.26	3597^th	5084	29.2%
2023	34.83	3330^th	5098	34.7%
2024	30.54	3699^th	5102	27.5%

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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 Bryant Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	244	4	92	159	2	n/a	n/a	501
1989	226	7	95	216	2	n/a	n/a	546
1990	227	8	88	221	0	n/a	n/a	544
1991	198	7	93	253	1	n/a	n/a	552
1992	224	7	98	283	4	n/a	n/a	616
1993	218	10	118	290	2	n/a	n/a	638
1994	173	12	116	326	0	n/a	n/a	627
1995	120	11	106	399	2	n/a	n/a	638
1996	120	11	106	399	2	n/a	n/a	638
1997	97	15	110	390	2	n/a	n/a	614
1998	94	15	110	396	2	n/a	n/a	617
1999	92	29	109	409	2	n/a	n/a	641
2000	76	25	110	479	0	n/a	n/a	690
2001	79	14	106	543	2	n/a	n/a	744
2002	62	14	107	561	0	n/a	n/a	744
2003	62	14	107	561	0	n/a	n/a	744
2004	60	6	115	614	0	n/a	n/a	795
2005	51	2	87	589	0	n/a	n/a	729
2006	60	15	78	560	0	n/a	n/a	713
2007	42	9	58	510	0	n/a	n/a	619
2008	49	9	56	495	n/a	n/a	n/a	609
2009	40	10	50	485	0	1	1	587
2010	35	5	61	475	0	1	1	578
2011	28	4	68	456	0	1	0	557
2012	26	3	66	443	0	9	1	548
2013	17	4	72	462	0	8	2	565
2014	15	2	87	449	0	4	1	558
2015	38	7	127	579	0	8	8	767
2016	31	9	110	566	0	5	8	729
2017	21	5	116	547	0	5	8	702
2018	18	5	118	541	0	3	7	692
2019	17	11	104	502	0	4	11	649
2020	14	18	108	453	1	5	7	606
2021	11	13	109	429	1	5	6	574
2022	10	11	103	425	1	4	7	561
2023	17	7	104	407	1	6	11	553
2024	15	7	113	422	1	4	18	580

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 Bryant Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	501	21.0	23.8	n/a
1989	546	22.0	24.8	n/a
1990	544	21.0	25.9	n/a
1991	552	24.0	23.0	n/a
1992	616	24.4	25.2	67.9
1993	638	23.4	27.3	63.6
1994	627	22.9	27.4	69.4
1995	638	25.2	25.3	71.5
1996	638	25.2	25.3	71.5
1997	614	26.4	23.3	72.8
1998	617	26.4	23.4	74.9
1999	641	29.4	21.8	76
2000	690	31.0	22.3	74.6
2001	744	31.0	24.0	76.9
2002	744	34.0	21.9	79.8
2003	744	34.0	21.9	79.8
2004	795	35.0	22.7	74.1
2005	729	31.4	23.2	83.4
2006	713	31.0	23.0	77.4
2007	619	28.0	22.1	75.4
2008	609	27.0	22.6	83.9
2009	587	24.0	23.5	83.3
2010	578	25.1	23.0	89.8
2011	557	n/a	n/a	93.4
2012	548	22.6	24.2	n/a
2013	565	21.6	26.1	80.2
2014	558	20.0	27.9	88.7
2015	767	28.0	27.3	88.4
2016	729	28.0	26.0	82.4
2017	702	28.1	24.9	84.5
2018	692	27.0	25.6	86.1
2019	649	24.5	26.4	84.3
2020	606	n/a	n/a	85.6
2021	574	23.2	24.7	84.7
2022	561	23.2	24.1	85
2023	553	23.1	23.9	89.3
2024	580	23.5	24.6	90.2

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 Bryant Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	501	21.0	23.8	n/a
1989	546	22.0	24.8	n/a
1990	544	21.0	25.9	n/a
1991	552	24.0	23.0	n/a
1992	616	24.4	25.2	67.9
1993	638	23.4	27.3	63.6
1994	627	22.9	27.4	69.4
1995	638	25.2	25.3	71.5
1996	638	25.2	25.3	71.5
1997	614	26.4	23.3	72.8
1998	617	26.4	23.4	74.9
1999	641	29.4	21.8	76
2000	690	31.0	22.3	74.6
2001	744	31.0	24.0	76.9
2002	744	34.0	21.9	79.8
2003	744	34.0	21.9	79.8
2004	795	35.0	22.7	74.1
2005	729	31.4	23.2	83.4
2006	713	31.0	23.0	77.4
2007	619	28.0	22.1	75.4
2008	609	27.0	22.6	83.9
2009	587	24.0	23.5	83.3
2010	578	25.1	23.0	89.8
2011	557	n/a	n/a	93.4
2012	548	22.6	24.2	n/a
2013	565	21.6	26.1	80.2
2014	558	20.0	27.9	88.7
2015	767	28.0	27.3	88.4
2016	729	28.0	26.0	82.4
2017	702	28.1	24.9	84.5
2018	692	27.0	25.6	86.1
2019	649	24.5	26.4	84.3
2020	606	n/a	n/a	85.6
2021	574	23.2	24.7	84.7
2022	561	23.2	24.1	85
2023	553	23.1	23.9	89.3
2024	580	23.5	24.6	90.2

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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