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Gardenhill Elementary

Q: Is Gardenhill Elementary a good school?

Gardenhill Elementary ranks 1034 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

1034^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 82% of California elementary schools

Summary

Gardenhill Elementary is a highly-regarded K-5 public school serving 633 students in La Mirada, part of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified district, and it stands out as a consistent top performer in the area, ranking in the 82nd percentile statewide.

The school excels academically, with students scoring significantly higher in math, English, and science than both the district and state averages. What's particularly impressive is how effectively the school supports all its students, achieving exceptional results for those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and maintaining one of the lowest chronic absenteeism rates in the region at 9.7%. This performance is even more notable because Gardenhill achieves these outstanding results while spending less per student than many neighboring schools like Foster Road Elementary or John Foster Dulles Elementary.

When compared to nearby schools, Gardenhill is the clear leader within its own district and competes favorably with schools in higher-ranking districts like East Whittier City Elementary. For example, it outperforms Scott Avenue Elementary in core subjects. While the school's science scores and support for multi-racial students are areas to watch, its overall record of delivering excellent, equitable education makes it a standout choice for families.

633

Students ?

24.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,073

Per pupil spending ?

49.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14607 East Gardenhill Dr.
La Mirada, CA 90638-2099

(562) 210-2840

District: Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

Students who attend Gardenhill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle
High:	La Mirada High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.1%

Asian:

11.4%

White:

11.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 85th percentile in 2013 → 82nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (62% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 18% of California elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school62%

District avg41%

California avg41%

1,034^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 18%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 16Elementary Schools in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

710^th of 1,543Norwalk-La Mirada Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.8	1034 of 5857	82.3%	★★★★☆
2024	76.1	1333 of 5869	77.3%	★★★★☆
2023	78.3	1225 of 5859	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	80.3	1177 of 5883	80.0%	★★★★☆
2019	84.1	963 of 5789	83.4%	★★★★☆
2018	87.4	776 of 5662	86.3%	★★★★☆
2017	81.6	1057 of 5692	81.4%	★★★★☆
2016	88.5	708 of 5614	87.4%	★★★★☆
2015	79.9	1110 of 5611	80.2%	★★★★☆
2013	84.3	802 of 5530	85.5%	★★★★☆
2012	83.5	818 of 5390	84.8%	★★★★☆
2011	86.5	662 of 5377	87.7%	★★★★☆
2010	83.4	812 of 5314	84.7%	★★★★☆
2009	83.6	814 of 5193	84.3%	★★★★☆
2008	85.9	708 of 5113	86.2%	★★★★☆
2007	73.3	1234 of 5113	75.9%	★★★★☆
2006	71.6	1268 of 4818	73.7%	★★★★☆
2005	60.2	1730 of 4822	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2004	50.0	2159 of 4809	55.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	97.9	52 of 2585	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	99.0	22 of 2128	99.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	977 of 5597	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	74.2	1311 of 5612	76.6%	★★★★☆
2023	72.1	1412 of 5609	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	80.1	1107 of 5635	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	83.7	887 of 5492	83.8%	★★★★☆
2018	83.8	872 of 5413	83.9%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.2	293 of 5107	94.3%	★★★★★
2024	81.8	654 of 5107	87.2%	★★★★☆
2023	89.0	393 of 5087	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	91.0	317 of 5084	93.8%	★★★★★
2019	92.3	215 of 4963	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	93.9	168 of 4830	96.5%	★★★★★

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.4	17 of 429	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	89.7	19 of 364	94.8%	★★★★★
2023	77.7	46 of 335	86.3%	★★★★☆
2022	71.6	54 of 356	84.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	87.0	487 of 5460	91.1%	★★★★★
2024	79.3	864 of 5517	84.3%	★★★★☆
2023	77.8	863 of 5363	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	647 of 5264	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	88.0	359 of 5173	93.1%	★★★★★
2018	95.4	117 of 5084	97.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.0	1021 of 5628	81.9%	★★★★☆
2024	74.7	1293 of 5643	77.1%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	1034 of 5638	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	77.3	1225 of 5663	78.4%	★★★★☆
2019	82.1	968 of 5510	82.4%	★★★★☆
2018	88.3	666 of 5431	87.7%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	527 of 718	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.8	489 of 669	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	433 of 610	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	79.8	342 of 2635	87.0%	★★★★☆
2023	93.7	119 of 2420	95.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.8	653 of 2598	74.9%	★★★★☆
2024	68.5	856 of 2651	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.0	966 of 2661	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.1	1284 of 2726	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.9	944 of 2834	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.2	711 of 2737	74.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2019)98th percentile+15 vs school

Homeless (2025)96th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)94th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)91st percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2024)87th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)82nd percentile~ school

White (2025)75th percentile-7 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)27th percentile-56 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics66%+29 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy64%+15 vs state

Science44%+12 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Garden Hill is a fantastic school with excellent teachers. My child is receiving a top quality education and always score advanced on the state test. I truly think their as good as any private school. They have great after school events like the Fall Festival and Summer Jam. I would ignore the other disgruntled posting. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, November 17, 2011

My Child is currently a new student at Garden hill. At the beginning of the year he was an a combination class K-1. It was a disaster. Teacher could not handle a lot of students and teaches both levels at the same time. Our kids spent more of the time coloring than getting real class instruction. After two month the administration decided to separate the class. Now we have a new teacher who is temporal until January when the real teacher is going to show up because is in medical leave. COULD YOU IMAGINE! OUR CHILDREN DEALING WITH THREE DIFFERENT TEACHERS IN LEST THAN A YEAR! WHILE THE OTHES KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ARE NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME. In addition to it, us, the parents consider that our children are not being challenged enough and have disciplinary issues in class. We were told that our class was a special class because most of the students knows kindergarden curriculum, however the school do not accommodate our children, BUT enroll children that are younger than the age required to enrolled kindergarden. Our child have learn more from the Preschool program than kinder. The school is supposed to be A DISTINGUISHED school but under WHAT STANDARD? the schools now days are more DAY CARES THAN EDUCATION CENTER. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gardenhill Elementary	Public	K-5	14607 East Gardenhill Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2840	633	26	24.6	49.9%	70 (11.1%)	23 (3.6%)	406 (64.1%)	72 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (9.6%)	82.8	1034^th of 5857 public elementary schools	82.3%		76.1	1333^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	77.3%	299	44.2	44.2	68.2	59.8	63.5		63.8	78.5	67.0	49.4		66.1						$16,073	$1,153	$14,920
Foster Road Elementary	Public	K-5	13930 East Foster Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2790	246	10	23.7	72.8%	11 (4.5%)	3 (1.2%)	214 (87.0%)	12 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	36.9	3413^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.7%		47.6	2694^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.1%	719	11.9	11.9	44.7	40.7	33.3		39.3	50.0	48.2	14.3		35.5						$25,973	$2,183	$23,790
Los Altos Elementary	Public	K-6	12001 Bona Vista Ln.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 941-3711	457	21	21.7	91.0%	13 (2.8%)	3 (0.7%)	431 (94.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	22.4	4639^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.8%		23.8	4489^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.5%	150	20.0	20.0	29.1	28.3	25.5	38.6	30.4	16.1	24.2	21.8	18.3	20.2						$23,298	$3,245	$20,053
La Colima Elementary	Public	K-5	11225 Miller Rd.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-7200	378	18	20.8	77.2%	18 (4.8%)	3 (0.8%)	334 (88.4%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	62.1	1955^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.6%		47.3	2718^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.7%	763	27.1	27.1	60.0	44.1	55.9		53.3	63.6	47.5	42.9		50.5	96.9		96.9	96.9	96.9	$18,861	$1,623	$17,238
La Pluma Elementary	Public	K-5	14420 La Pluma Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3205	284	12	23.4	55.6%	41 (14.4%)	6 (2.1%)	195 (68.7%)	27 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (4.9%)	47.5	2733^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	53.3%		69	1638^th of 5869 public elementary schools	72.1%	1095	29.2	29.2	37.1	47.9	54.2		47.3	37.1	39.6	31.3		35.9						$22,420	$2,045	$20,375
Escalona Elementary	Public	K-5	15135 Escalona Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2745	424	19	22.3	51.7%	58 (13.7%)	5 (1.2%)	304 (71.7%)	35 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.2%)	66.4	1769^th of 5857 public elementary schools	69.8%		72.9	1455^th of 5869 public elementary schools	75.2%	314	46.3	46.3	46.4	55.6	64.8		54.8	56.5	42.6	40.7		47.5						$21,214	$2,332	$18,882
Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	13463 East Meyer Rd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	South Whittier Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 941-4712	379	16	23.6	92.3%	9 (2.4%)	4 (1.1%)	362 (95.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	38.8	3297^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.7%		37.2	3350^th of 5869 public elementary schools	42.9%	53	15.0	15.0	42.9	30.4	45.0	36.2	39.1	51.0	41.3	28.3	25.5	36.1						$17,900	$3,544	$14,356
Scott Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11701 Scott Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 907-6440	494	20	24.4	58.5%	74 (15.0%)	11 (2.2%)	370 (74.9%)	27 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	55.1	2303^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	60.7%		65.7	1786^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.6%	517	28.0	28.0	54.8	52.3	50.5		52.4	52.7	39.5	33.3		41.1	87.3	91.6	88.7	91.6	88.7	$18,505	$1,563	$16,942
Ceres Elementary	Public	K-5	10601 South Ceres Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 464-2200	492	22	22.3	67.1%	28 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	440 (89.4%)	11 (2.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	68.7	1654^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.8%		68.2	1675^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.5%	21	33.3	33.3	49.5	54.7	60.3		54.1	57.9	54.7	52.4		55.4						$18,895	$1,615	$17,280
Eastwood Elementary	Public	K-5	15730 Pescados Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2650	351	15	23.1	55.8%	47 (13.4%)	10 (2.8%)	177 (50.4%)	90 (25.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	55.7	2260^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.4%		70	1596^th of 5869 public elementary schools	72.8%	664	28.3	28.3	55.3	48.2	41.7		47.8	59.6	50.0	33.9		46.9						$18,990	$1,210	$17,780

Frequently Asked Questions about Gardenhill Elementary

Is Gardenhill Elementary a good school?

Gardenhill Elementary ranks 1034^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Gardenhill Elementary in?

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified

What is the racial makeup of Gardenhill Elementary?

Students at Gardenhill Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 11% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% African American.

How many students attend Gardenhill Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 633 students attended Gardenhill Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Gardenhill Elementary attend?

Students who attend Gardenhill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle
High : La Mirada High

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