Is Mitchell Elementary a good school?

Mitchell Elementary ranks 2659 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mitchell Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 400 students attended Mitchell Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mitchell Elementary?

Students at Mitchell Elementary are 63% Hispanic, 35% Asian, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Mitchell Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mitchell Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Donald S. Jordan Intermediate High : Garden Grove High

Mitchell Elementary

Summary:

Mitchell Elementary is a public elementary school located in Garden Grove, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 398 students. It is part of the Garden Grove Unified School District, which is ranked 402 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mitchell Elementary faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, lower academic performance, and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's chronic absenteeism rates have risen significantly, from 4.8% in 2017-2018 to 39.1% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the nearby Morningside Elementary (15.6%) and Sunnyside Elementary (20.7%). Academically, Mitchell Elementary's performance on the Smarter Balanced Assessments is generally lower than the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics falling behind the nearby schools.

Additionally, Mitchell Elementary has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 86.68% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the nearby schools. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, with 22 students per teacher in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the nearby schools. Addressing these challenges and learning from the successes of the nearby schools within the same district could be crucial in improving the overall performance and outcomes of Mitchell Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

13451 Taft Ave.
Garden Grove, CA 92843-2444

(714) 663-6131

District: Garden Grove Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2659^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,166

Students who attend Mitchell Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Donald S. Jordan Intermediate
High:	Garden Grove High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.1

Number of students: 400

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.5%

Asian:

35.0%

White:

1.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mitchell Elementary ranks better than 54.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 35^th among 44 ranked elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 48.03. (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 (62.5%), Asian (35%), White (1.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 87% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mitchell Elementary is 24.1, which is the 20^th best among 44 elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Mitchell Elementary employs 16.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mitchell Elementary is $12,166. 26 elementary schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mitchell Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mitchell Elementary 2659^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Mitchell 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 Mitchell Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	36.71	2828^th	4809	41.2%
2005	39.54	2743^rd	4822	43.1%
2006	43.03	2557^th	4818	46.9%
2007	34.19	3284^th	5113	35.8%
2008	34.11	3324^th	5113	35.0%
2009	48.27	2592^nd	5193	50.1%
2010	49.22	2605^th	5314	51.0%
2011	58.04	2141^st	5377	60.2%
2012	51.43	2529^th	5390	53.1%
2013	56.20	2336^th	5530	57.8%
2015	43.10	2853^rd	5611	49.2%
2016	53.26	2335^th	5614	58.4%
2017	54.69	2287^th	5692	59.8%
2018	56.77	2195^th	5662	61.2%
2019	53.21	2410^th	5789	58.4%
2022	44.46	2830^th	5883	51.9%
2023	50.37	2517^th	5874	57.2%
2024	48.03	2659^th	5862	54.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.19	517^th	3246	84.1%
2019	64.78	686^th	3275	79.1%
2022	69.33	501^st	3311	84.9%
2023	81.58	247^th	3250	92.4%
2024	69.93	418^th	3160	86.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	77.51	348^th	2420	85.6%
2024	38.29	1413^th	2634	46.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.82	1089^th	5084	78.6%
2019	65.60	1427^th	5173	72.4%
2022	60.28	1664^th	5264	68.4%
2023	64.98	1474^th	5374	72.6%
2024	59.87	1793^rd	5511	67.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.45	2305^th	5413	57.4%
2019	48.26	2595^th	5492	52.7%
2022	45.77	2652^nd	5635	52.9%
2023	55.88	2133^rd	5617	62.0%
2024	53.82	2230^th	5605	60.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	68.07	534^th	2585	79.3%
2022	34.91	1272^nd	2227	42.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.97	2024^th	5431	62.7%
2019	56.03	2143^rd	5510	61.1%
2022	43.22	2821^st	5663	50.2%
2023	45.94	2687^th	5650	52.4%
2024	42.67	2895^th	5636	48.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.66	773^rd	1071	27.8%
2019	40.31	818^th	1149	28.8%
2022	39.84	803^rd	1154	30.4%
2023	52.81	709^th	1190	40.4%
2024	36.86	882^nd	1203	26.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mitchell Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.07	2927^th	4830	39.4%
2019	38.36	3067^th	4963	38.2%
2022	24.71	4141^st	5084	18.5%
2023	32.51	3505^th	5098	31.2%
2024	38.12	3104^th	5102	39.2%

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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 Mitchell Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	225	5	87	184	2	n/a	n/a	0	503
1989	210	8	114	202	6	n/a	n/a	0	540
1990	203	4	132	223	6	n/a	n/a	0	568
1991	210	5	151	261	5	n/a	n/a	0	632
1992	180	2	183	288	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
1993	129	1	142	272	4	n/a	n/a	0	548
1994	123	0	174	334	2	n/a	n/a	0	633
1995	83	1	187	324	1	n/a	n/a	0	596
1996	83	1	187	324	1	n/a	n/a	0	596
1997	83	3	189	332	0	n/a	n/a	0	607
1998	79	4	183	315	0	n/a	n/a	0	581
1999	74	9	184	328	2	n/a	n/a	0	597
2000	56	4	192	356	0	n/a	n/a	0	608
2001	52	4	203	359	2	n/a	n/a	0	620
2002	43	8	203	350	3	n/a	n/a	0	607
2003	43	8	203	350	3	n/a	n/a	0	607
2004	34	7	206	344	4	n/a	n/a	0	595
2005	34	6	227	345	1	n/a	n/a	0	613
2006	26	7	227	308	1	n/a	n/a	0	569
2007	29	5	233	305	1	n/a	n/a	1	574
2008	24	3	217	316	1	n/a	n/a	0	561
2009	15	2	217	314	1	8	2	0	559
2010	18	2	210	291	0	14	0	0	535
2011	21	1	219	290	0	11	0	0	542
2012	19	1	221	281	0	8	0	0	530
2013	13	2	218	255	0	8	2	0	498
2014	17	3	189	240	0	7	0	0	456
2015	19	4	185	251	0	9	1	0	469
2016	21	3	171	238	0	10	3	0	446
2017	24	4	175	237	0	7	2	0	449
2018	19	6	181	214	0	8	3	0	431
2019	20	8	162	219	0	4	6	0	419
2020	18	3	168	234	0	3	9	0	435
2021	10	2	169	236	0	3	5	0	425
2022	6	2	152	220	0	3	5	0	388
2023	8	0	135	250	0	2	3	0	398
2024	6	0	140	250	0	1	3	0	400

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 Mitchell Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	503	20.4	24.6	n/a
1989	540	20.4	26.4	n/a
1990	568	21.0	27.0	n/a
1991	632	25.0	25.2	n/a
1992	653	25.4	25.7	69.2
1993	548	21.0	26.1	69
1994	633	22.0	28.8	61.6
1995	596	22.3	26.7	72.1
1996	596	22.3	26.7	72.1
1997	607	24.0	25.3	68.2
1998	581	27.0	21.5	69.4
1999	597	28.0	21.3	68.8
2000	608	27.0	22.5	69.7
2001	620	27.0	23.0	66.9
2002	607	27.0	22.5	67.9
2003	607	27.0	22.5	67.9
2004	595	26.0	22.9	70.4
2005	613	26.0	23.6	66.9
2006	569	25.0	22.8	61.3
2007	574	25.0	23.0	60.9
2008	561	26.0	21.6	73.6
2009	559	24.0	22.4	76.9
2010	535	23.1	23.1	71.8
2011	542	n/a	n/a	79
2012	530	20.0	26.5	n/a
2013	498	19.0	26.2	73.1
2014	456	17.0	26.8	80.7
2015	469	18.0	26.0	83.2
2016	446	18.0	24.7	80.7
2017	449	17.0	26.4	81.5
2018	431	18.0	23.9	85.4
2019	419	17.2	24.2	78.8
2020	435	n/a	n/a	81.1
2021	425	17.8	23.7	81.6
2022	388	16.2	23.9	78.6
2023	398	18.0	22.0	86.7
2024	400	16.5	24.1	87

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 Mitchell Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	503	20.4	24.6	n/a
1989	540	20.4	26.4	n/a
1990	568	21.0	27.0	n/a
1991	632	25.0	25.2	n/a
1992	653	25.4	25.7	69.2
1993	548	21.0	26.1	69
1994	633	22.0	28.8	61.6
1995	596	22.3	26.7	72.1
1996	596	22.3	26.7	72.1
1997	607	24.0	25.3	68.2
1998	581	27.0	21.5	69.4
1999	597	28.0	21.3	68.8
2000	608	27.0	22.5	69.7
2001	620	27.0	23.0	66.9
2002	607	27.0	22.5	67.9
2003	607	27.0	22.5	67.9
2004	595	26.0	22.9	70.4
2005	613	26.0	23.6	66.9
2006	569	25.0	22.8	61.3
2007	574	25.0	23.0	60.9
2008	561	26.0	21.6	73.6
2009	559	24.0	22.4	76.9
2010	535	23.1	23.1	71.8
2011	542	n/a	n/a	79
2012	530	20.0	26.5	n/a
2013	498	19.0	26.2	73.1
2014	456	17.0	26.8	80.7
2015	469	18.0	26.0	83.2
2016	446	18.0	24.7	80.7
2017	449	17.0	26.4	81.5
2018	431	18.0	23.9	85.4
2019	419	17.2	24.2	78.8
2020	435	n/a	n/a	81.1
2021	425	17.8	23.7	81.6
2022	388	16.2	23.9	78.6
2023	398	18.0	22.0	86.7
2024	400	16.5	24.1	87

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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