Summary
Lampson Elementary is a K–6 school in Garden Grove, serving 676 students in Orange Unified and surrounded by a comparison group of 10 nearby schools. Its clearest concern is that 2025–2026 proficiency was below both the state and district in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science; among the 11 schools compared, Lampson was near the bottom in all three subjects.
Sixth-grade ELA is a notable strength: 51% of Lampson students were proficient, above the state’s 48% and higher than results at five nearby schools serving sixth graders. But the school’s overall results were much lower: ELA proficiency was 33%, compared with 49% statewide, 59% in the district, and a 44% nearby-school average. Mathematics was 24% versus 38% statewide, 47% in the district, and a 36% nearby average; science was 20% versus 36%, 47%, and 28%, respectively. Lampson ranked second-lowest among the 11 schools in ELA and math, and ninth in science. Third-grade ELA is a particular weakness at 18%, the lowest among the schools compared for that grade, versus 44% statewide.
Results have declined overall since 2022–2023: ELA fell about 2 percentage points, math 6 points, and science 8 points. As state scores rose, Lampson’s gap widened by 4 points in ELA, 9 in math, and 14 in science. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 27th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, down from the 34th percentile and 2 stars the year before; only Ponderosa Elementary ranked lower among nearby schools. Chronic absenteeism improved from 39% in 2021–2022 to 24% in 2025–2026, but remained above the state’s 18% and the district’s 15%. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 26.6, versus a nearby average of 24.4; 82% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, close to the nearby average of 83%. California is a statewide-free-meals state, so that eligibility figure is best read as a reported measure, not as whether students can receive free meals. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings varied notably: Asian students’ ranking was at the 12th percentile in 2022–2023, compared with the school’s overall 43rd percentile, then matched the overall ranking at 34 in 2024–2025. The English Language Learner ranking also shifted, from the 55th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 29th in 2022–2023, rather than consistently tracking the school overall.
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