Summary
Raymond Temple Elementary is a K–6 school serving 431 students in Buena Park, in the Centralia Elementary district. SchoolDigger places it at the 66th statewide percentile and awards it 3 stars for 2025–26. Its latest proficiency results are just above California’s in ELA, math and science, but below its district in all three. The key takeaway is that favorable state comparisons do not make Raymond a nearby-area leader: it sits around the middle of its comparison group.
Among 11 nearby schools, including Raymond, it ranks sixth in ELA and math and fifth in science. Its scores round to 51% in ELA, 48% in math and 43% in science; nearby-school averages are 51%, 51% and 42%, respectively. Compared with the state, Raymond is ahead by 1 percentage point in ELA, 10 in math and 7 in science. Compared with the district, it trails by 7, 9 and 7 points. Grade-level results show a sharper contrast: fourth grade is a high point, with 59% ELA and 70% math, while third-grade math is 41% and 6 points below the state.
Results rose overall from 2022–23 to 2025–26: ELA went from 47% to 51%, math from 47% to 48%, and science from 40% to 43%. However, the school’s state advantage narrowed in math and science, and its SchoolDigger percentile remains below its 2023–24 high of 73, despite a one-point rise from 65 to 66 in the latest year. One notable bright spot is the English Language Learner subgroup: SchoolDigger ranked Raymond at the 97th statewide percentile, with 5 stars, in 2023–24, compared with the school’s overall 73rd percentile that year. As context, its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 23.9, versus 24.7 nearby; 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 72% average among nearby schools reporting that measure. Chronic absenteeism also fell by 19 percentage points over the period, to 12% in 2025–26, below the state rate but above the district’s 10%.
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