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Helen Estock Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5533^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of California elementary schools

Summary

Helen Estock Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 456 students in the Tustin Unified district, located in a community with significant economic need where over 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces considerable challenges, with student proficiency in core subjects consistently well below both district and state averages; for example, only about 21% of students are proficient in English and 15% in math, with science scores being particularly low at just over 5%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate, while improving from a post-pandemic peak, remains high at 23.5%, which is more than double the district average and likely hinders academic progress. These factors contribute to the school's persistent ranking in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools over the past decade.

Notably, Helen Estock Elementary performs lower than other nearby schools with similar student demographics, such as Robert Heideman Elementary, and significantly trails neighboring schools like Loma Vista Elementary and Guin Foss Elementary. However, the stronger performance of schools like John Muir Fundamental Elementary in the adjacent Santa Ana Unified district, which serves a population with high economic need, indicates that improvement for students at Helen Estock is possible with targeted support and effective strategies.

456

Students ?

27.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,867

Per pupil spending ?

93.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14741 North B St.
Tustin, CA 92780-2529

(714) 730-7390

District: Tustin Unified

Students who attend Helen Estock Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Columbus Tustin Middle
High:	Foothill High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.5%

Asian:

8.1%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2013 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg56%

California avg41%

5,533^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 25 pts since 2015

From bottom 30% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 18Elementary Schools in the Tustin Unified

420^th of 1,543Tustin 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	11.6	5533 of 5857	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	5579 of 5869	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5370 of 5859	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	5677 of 5883	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.9	5387 of 5789	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	4955 of 5662	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.3	5243 of 5692	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	22.8	4360 of 5614	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.4	3901 of 5611	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	25.0	4399 of 5530	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.9	4016 of 5390	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	36.8	3480 of 5377	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	44.0	2918 of 5314	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	37.8	3195 of 5193	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	35.4	3244 of 5113	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.7	3060 of 5113	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	41.7	2630 of 4818	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2005	38.7	2793 of 4822	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	47.0	2302 of 4809	52.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	2063 of 2227	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	2406 of 2585	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	1937 of 2128	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.9	2260 of 3162	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.4	1868 of 3245	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.9	3109 of 3311	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	38.4	1887 of 3275	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.2	1701 of 3246	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.9	5438 of 5597	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	5334 of 5612	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5210 of 5609	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	5538 of 5635	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	5206 of 5492	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	4778 of 5413	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	4766 of 5107	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	4777 of 5107	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	4484 of 5087	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.7	4962 of 5084	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	4541 of 4963	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	4004 of 4830	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	5138 of 5460	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	5240 of 5517	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	4835 of 5363	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	4962 of 5264	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.2	4685 of 5173	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	4242 of 5084	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	5147 of 5628	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	5327 of 5643	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	5096 of 5638	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	5335 of 5663	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	4998 of 5510	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	4759 of 5431	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile+24 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-27 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

Science5%-27 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

This is the worst school my child has ever attended. There's no discipline, nobody in the staff seems to "really" care about the students. They are simply there as poor quality child care providers. This is an underachieving school in the Tustin school district. It's hard to differentiate between the content tought in 1st and 2nd grade from that tought in kinder. No kid left behind basically means that everyone has to wait for the bad students to catch up to the good ones. This school needs help, possibly a charter school intervention? The school blames the State because of the high student to teacher ratio. I believe is more of an issue of indifference since most of the students are Hispanic and don't even live in Tustin. I attended this school as a child and now it is not even close to what it once was. Indifference is the key word in this posting. No one seems to care. Nor the parents neither the staff. No matter how much you complaint to the district, they will just give you a deaf ear. believe me, I've tried! Close Quote

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Helen Estock Elementary	Public	K-5	14741 North B St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7390	456	17	27.6	93.6%	21 (4.6%)	15 (3.3%)	376 (82.5%)	37 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	11.6	5533^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	5.5%		11.6	5579^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.9%	46																									5.4		5.4	21.3	18.6	23.6				21.4	19.0	12.5	13.0				14.8							$16,867	$2,025	$14,842
Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	13822 Prospect Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7528	433	18	24.7	61.2%	101 (23.3%)	3 (0.7%)	261 (60.3%)	40 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	23 (5.3%)	55.3	2286^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.0%		52.5	2425^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.7%	139																									33.8		33.8	41.9	46.8	54.7				47.8	43.4	45.5	42.9				43.9	90.1	95.6	96.7	93.4	94.5	94.5	$15,481	$1,799	$13,682
Guin Foss Elementary	Public	K-5	18492 Vanderlip Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7552	395	16	25.4	61.5%	74 (18.7%)	3 (0.8%)	258 (65.3%)	35 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	69.4	1631^st of 5857 public elementary schools	72.2%		68.4	1665^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.6%	34																									32.9		32.9	72.9	50.0	55.1				57.8	83.3	57.1	40.0				57.5							$16,169	$1,928	$14,241
Robert Heideman Elementary	Public	K-5	15571 Williams St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7521	502	19	26.4	97.0%	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	469 (93.4%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	23.5	4544^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		20.3	4832^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	17.7%	288																									7.2		7.2	28.8	30.3	24.4				27.9	46.3	24.4	20.5				29.2							$17,543	$1,972	$15,571
Barbara Benson Elementary	Public	K-5	12712 Elizabeth Way	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7531	313	14	22.3	73.2%	43 (13.7%)	4 (1.3%)	222 (70.9%)	26 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.8%)	49.6	2617^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.3%		64	1877^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.0%	740																									38.1		38.1	18.4	50.0	45.2				37.7	31.6	55.9	45.2				43.9	96.9					96.9	$16,610	$2,106	$14,504
John Muir Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-5	1951 North Mabury	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-6700	557	25	22.2	70.4%	20 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	506 (90.8%)	24 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	67.2	1731^st of 5857 public elementary schools	70.4%		75.1	1364^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.8%	367																									31.1		31.1	50.6	61.0	53.3				55.3	60.2	54.0	45.6				53.1							$26,259	$1,129	$25,130
Benjamin F. Beswick Elementary	Public	K-5	1362 Mitchell Ave.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7385	426	17	25.0	90.8%	16 (3.8%)	7 (1.6%)	366 (85.9%)	27 (6.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	31.3	3855^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.2%		33.6	3638^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.0%	217																									15.9		15.9	28.6	37.3	35.3				33.7	20.6	32.9	43.5				32.1							$16,347	$2,062	$14,285
Sierra Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	2021 North Grand Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 567-3500	697	40	17.3	94.1%	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	681 (97.7%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	16	5185^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.5%		12.6	5507^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.2%	322																									13.5	8.6	9.6	40.5	14.6	22.2	22.7	21.2	20.0	22.1	31.6	9.5	18.9	10.2	10.2	6.7	11.3							$25,065	$968	$24,097
Sycamore Magnet Academy	Public	K-8	1402 Sycamore Ave.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7360	1,085	43	25.1	87.2%	37 (3.4%)	8 (0.7%)	1,001 (92.3%)	18 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (1.7%)	14.3	5323^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	9.1%		13.6	5426^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.5%	103	5.2	11.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	5.5	20.8	15.4	14.1	7.7	10.5	15.8	5.2	16.7	1.6	7.7	10.5	8.6	3.1	10.3	3.1	3.9	0.0	4.8	9.4	7.3	8.1	21.9	15.8	27.1	25.2	29.6	29.6	25.7	29.2	13.7	15.0	11.0	13.2	14.0	15.3							$16,495	$2,174	$14,321
Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	850 East Brown St.	Santa Ana	92701	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 972-5300	428	19	22.4	92.8%	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	414 (96.7%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	17.1	5098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.0%		22.7	4605^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.5%	493																									10.1		10.1	25.9	24.4	27.9				26.1	23.2	18.0	20.3				20.2							$27,587	$857	$26,730

Frequently Asked Questions about Helen Estock Elementary

Is Helen Estock Elementary a good school?

Helen Estock Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.5% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Helen Estock Elementary?

Students at Helen Estock Elementary are 82% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% White, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Helen Estock Elementary in?

Tustin Unified

What schools do graduates of Helen Estock Elementary attend?

Students who attend Helen Estock Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Columbus Tustin Middle
High : Foothill High

How many students attend Helen Estock Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 456 students attended Helen Estock Elementary.

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