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Carl Harvey Elementary

Public Grades K-5
5456th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 6% of California elementary schools
Summary

Carl Harvey Elementary is a 268-student K–5 school in Santa Ana, part of Santa Ana Unified. Its results differ sharply by subject: math is a relative bright spot, while ELA and science are especially concerning. The most important finding is that Carl Harvey had the highest all-grades math proficiency among the 11 schools compared, but the lowest ELA and science proficiency.

In 2025–2026, 22% of Carl Harvey students were proficient in math, the highest nearby result and roughly level with the district’s 22%; the state rate was 38%. ELA proficiency was 14%, compared with 33% in the district, 49% statewide, and a 27% nearby-school average. Science proficiency was 0%, versus 20% in the district and 36% statewide. Attendance offers a more positive comparison: chronic absenteeism was 15% at Carl Harvey, below the district’s 19% and state’s 18%. Grade results also vary: fourth-grade math proficiency was 27%, while fifth-grade ELA was 8%, the lowest among nearby schools.

Results have weakened over the reported years in ELA and science: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 27% to 14% and science from 22% to 0%; math rose by 3 points. SchoolDigger places the school at the 6th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, rank 5,456 of 5,804, with 0 stars; its percentile fell from 14 in 2023–2024. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 20.5, close to the nearby average, and 92% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. One subgroup result stands out: SchoolDigger ranked English Language Learner Students at the 42nd percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 14th percentile, indicating stronger relative standing in how the school serves that group.

268
Students ?
20.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$36,813
Per pupil spending ?
91.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1635 South Center St.
       Santa Ana, CA  92704-4111

(714) 430-6200

District: Santa Ana Unified


Students who attend Carl Harvey Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Gerald P. Carr Intermediate
High:    Valley High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
98.1%
White:
0.7%
African American:
0.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 34th percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (15% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school15%
District avg26%
California avg42%
5,456th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 17 pts since 2016
From bottom 23% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
32nd of 37Elementary Schools in the Santa Ana Unified
798th of 968Santa 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202612.15456 of 58046.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.55052 of 585713.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.85045 of 586914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202324.44410 of 585924.7%★☆☆☆☆
202220.74784 of 588318.7%★☆☆☆☆
201927.84122 of 578928.8%★☆☆☆☆
201830.23809 of 566232.7%★★☆☆☆
201721.64551 of 569220.0%★☆☆☆☆
201623.54309 of 561423.2%★☆☆☆☆
201529.83717 of 561133.8%★★☆☆☆
201332.83822 of 553030.9%★★☆☆☆
201235.33582 of 539033.5%★★☆☆☆
201156.82199 of 537759.1%★★★☆☆
201049.22603 of 531451.0%★★★☆☆
200952.42334 of 519355.1%★★★☆☆
200844.42693 of 511347.3%★★☆☆☆
200736.13165 of 511338.1%★★☆☆☆
200630.83253 of 481832.5%★★☆☆☆
200536.32929 of 482239.3%★★☆☆☆
200428.83319 of 480931.0%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201951.5934 of 258563.9%★★★☆☆
201834.91222 of 212842.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202439.61846 of 316241.6%★★☆☆☆
202342.71635 of 324549.6%★★☆☆☆
202236.52083 of 331137.1%★★☆☆☆
201922.03079 of 32756.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.02850 of 324612.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202611.65302 of 55694.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.15247 of 55976.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.65164 of 56128.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.64361 of 560922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202227.83954 of 563529.8%★☆☆☆☆
201920.94546 of 549217.2%★☆☆☆☆
201823.34288 of 541320.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.34708 of 50857.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.24299 of 510715.8%★☆☆☆☆
202422.94275 of 510716.3%★☆☆☆☆
202334.23374 of 508733.7%★★☆☆☆
202227.83885 of 508423.6%★☆☆☆☆
201940.02963 of 496340.3%★★☆☆☆
201840.32832 of 483041.4%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.4337 of 3667.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202536.0303 of 42929.4%★☆☆☆☆
202422.6322 of 36411.5%★☆☆☆☆
202347.5153 of 33554.3%★★★☆☆
202239.9208 of 35641.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.85090 of 54125.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202521.04645 of 546014.9%★☆☆☆☆
202421.64663 of 551715.5%★☆☆☆☆
202333.03653 of 536331.9%★★☆☆☆
202229.83856 of 526426.7%★☆☆☆☆
201938.03269 of 517336.8%★★☆☆☆
201840.42986 of 508441.3%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202615.65030 of 559010.0%★☆☆☆☆
202525.34257 of 562824.4%★☆☆☆☆
202423.74391 of 564322.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.34115 of 563827.0%★☆☆☆☆
202217.05029 of 566311.2%★☆☆☆☆
201935.63351 of 551039.2%★★☆☆☆
201836.83231 of 543140.5%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.12757 of 29205.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202521.92481 of 284712.9%★☆☆☆☆
202421.02345 of 263511.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.92040 of 242015.7%★☆☆☆☆
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)64th percentile+35 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)42nd percentile+28 vs school
Male (2026)10th percentile+4 vs school
Homeless (2026)8th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)7th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)6th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)6th percentile~ school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics22%-16 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy14%-36 vs state
Science0%-36 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Carl Harvey Elementary

Students at Carl Harvey Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

Carl Harvey Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.0% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Carl Harvey Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gerald P. Carr Intermediate
High : Valley High

In the 2024-25 school year, 268 students attended Carl Harvey Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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