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George Washington Carver Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4543^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of California elementary schools

Summary

George Washington Carver Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 429 students in the Santa Ana Unified district, operating in a high-need community where over 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom quarter of all California elementary schools. Its performance is mixed compared to the district, doing slightly better in math but lagging in English and science. There are notable inconsistencies, with 4th graders performing much better in English than 3rd graders. The school has shown dramatic ups and downs in effectively serving specific groups, like English Learners and students experiencing homelessness, suggesting changes in approach or support. A positive trend is the major reduction in chronic student absenteeism, which has been nearly cut in half since the 2021-2022 school year.

When compared to nearby schools, Carver's outcomes are lower than some peers with similar student populations. For instance, Fremont Elementary in the same district scores higher in core subjects. A notable comparison is with the nearby charter school, Scholarship Prep - Orange County, which serves a similarly high-need population but achieves higher academic proficiency and has a much lower chronic absenteeism rate, despite having a larger class size and lower per-student spending. This contrast, along with the fact that all local Santa Ana Unified schools rank in the state's lower half, points to broader, systemic challenges in the area's educational landscape.

429

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,532

Per pupil spending ?

93.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1401 West Santa Ana Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92703-3708

(714) 564-2000

District: Santa Ana Unified

Students who attend George Washington Carver Elementary usually attend:

High:

Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.1%

Asian:

0.7%

White:

0.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 22nd percentile in 2022 → 22nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 18 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg26%

California avg41%

4,543^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▬ steady since 2022

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 34Elementary Schools in the Santa Ana Unified

1254^th of 1,543Santa Ana 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	23.5	4543 of 5857	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	4560 of 5869	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	3905 of 5859	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.6	4588 of 5883	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.5	1832 of 2227	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	29.8	2565 of 3162	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	57.8	866 of 3245	73.3%	★★★★☆
2022	35.2	2189 of 3311	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	4343 of 5597	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	4143 of 5612	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.6	3258 of 5609	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.7	4644 of 5635	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.7	3634 of 5107	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.7	3531 of 5107	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.3	2732 of 5087	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.5	3485 of 5084	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	375 of 429	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.0	171 of 364	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.8	171 of 335	49.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.2	3814 of 5460	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	3959 of 5517	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.9	3069 of 5363	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.8	3939 of 5264	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	4267 of 5628	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	4520 of 5643	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.1	4428 of 5638	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.9	4055 of 5663	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	2175 of 2847	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.0	1331 of 2420	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)24th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)19th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile-4 vs school

Homeless (2025)13th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state

Mathematics23%-14 vs state

Science17%-16 vs state

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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 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th 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
George Washington Carver Elementary	Public	K-5	1401 West Santa Ana Blvd.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 564-2000	429	19	22.4	93.2%	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	421 (98.1%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23.5	4543^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		23.2	4560^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.3%	17	16.9		16.9	18.5	40.0	35.5				31.1	22.7	28.6	19.5				23.1						$26,532	$808	$25,724
Heroes Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 Civic Center Dr.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 558-5501	396	17	23.1	95.7%	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	387 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	22.9	4600^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.5%		25.4	4330^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.2%	270	23.2		23.2	26.7	26.0	29.0				27.2	27.9	15.8	29.0				23.8	93.4	96.1	94.7	94.7	96.1	$26,444	$810	$25,634
Fremont Elementary	Public	K-5	1930 West 10th St.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-4300	394	16	24.5	92.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	387 (98.2%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	38.9	3289^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.8%		38.8	3245^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.7%	44	14.6		14.6	44.4	44.2	45.5				44.7	45.2	27.5	18.2				31.8	95.5		97.0			$27,434	$873	$26,561
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	1317 North Baker St.	Santa Ana	92706	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 564-8100	422	20	21.1	92.9%	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	412 (97.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32.9	3733^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	36.3%		27.9	4116^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.9%	383	19.1		19.1	30.2	36.1	43.3				36.7	38.1	27.4	29.4				31.6						$27,309	$916	$26,393
Lowell Elementary	Public	K-5	700 South Flower St.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-6300	426	20	21.3	95.1%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	423 (99.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.3	5668^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.2%		9.6	5698^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.9%	30	6.9		6.9	5.3	16.9	20.6				14.2	19.7	12.7	11.0				14.6						$25,725	$1,281	$24,444
Pio Pico Elementary	Public	K-7	931 West Highland	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-7500	501	22	22.6	94.0%	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	498 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.8	5695^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.8%		10.8	5639^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.9%	56	7.6	0.0	6.2	7.1	4.2	25.3	15.0	7.9	5.9	12.8	12.9	18.8	10.1	3.3	5.3	5.9	9.9						$25,440	$1,011	$24,429
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 South Graham Ln.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-6000	457	24	19.0	97.4%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	448 (98.0%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.5	5540^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.4%		12.8	5498^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.3%	42	7.7		7.7	7.7	22.5	25.6				19.5	12.3	19.7	11.0				14.1	96.3					$26,586	$1,133	$25,453
Scholarship Prep - Orange County	Public, Charter	K-8	1010 West 17th St.	Santa Ana	92706	Orange County	Scholarship Prep - Orange County District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 795-3498	615	24	25.7	92.2%	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	589 (95.8%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	38.9	3292^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	43.8%		38.3	3286^th of 5869 public elementary schools	44.0%	6	17.2	10.0	13.0	37.7	24.1	39.7	47.8	50.9	41.3	40.6	40.0	27.8	46.6	29.4	32.3	20.0	32.1						$23,170	$3,048	$20,122
Martin R. Heninger Elementary	Public	K-8	417 West Walnut St.	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 953-3800	783	36	21.4	94.5%	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	769 (98.2%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19.6	4866^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.9%		23.5	4530^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.8%	336	13.2	17.2	15.3	27.1	30.8	23.3	32.3	33.6	36.0	30.8	20.0	21.8	15.6	21.4	14.0	9.1	16.7	98.0		98.0			$25,336	$989	$24,347
Vista Condor Global Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2609 West Fifth St.	Santa Ana	92703	Orange County	Vista Condor Global Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 988-2719	357	15	23.0	97.2%	8 (2.2%)	3 (0.8%)	342 (95.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	15.3	5234^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.6%		12.4	5528^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.8%	294	16.7		16.7	22.0	18.2	28.2				23.0	22.6	12.1	16.4				16.7						$22,532	$2,547	$19,985

Frequently Asked Questions about George Washington Carver Elementary

How many students attend George Washington Carver Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 429 students attended George Washington Carver Elementary.

Is George Washington Carver Elementary a good school?

George Washington Carver Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.4% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of George Washington Carver Elementary?

Students at George Washington Carver Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of George Washington Carver Elementary attend?

Students who attend George Washington Carver Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Valley High

What district is George Washington Carver Elementary in?

Santa Ana Unified

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