NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Placentia, CA

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17 public K-12 schools in Placentia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
11,364
Students
33.6/100
Avg Resource Index
24.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Placentia has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Placentia's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Placentia's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 39-point gap between El Camino Real Continuation High and Melrose Elementary shows the range hidden by Placentia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
3rd percentile

Valencia High accounts for 21.2% of all Placentia public-school enrollment

That concentration means Placentia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Placentia school enrollment varies 19× across entities

Placentia school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 2,411 students (highest), a spread of 2,287 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Placentia operates one school district — a single-district system

Placentia's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Placentia student-teacher ratio is 24.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. El Camino Real Continuation High 50
2. George Key 48
3. Charles Wagner Elementary 46
4. Brookhaven Elementary 41
5. Golden Elementary 39
6. Valencia High 38
7. Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle 37
8. Parkview 36
9. Kraemer Middle 35
10. Sierra Vista Elementary 35
11. El Dorado High 30
12. Valadez Middle School Academy 30
13. Morse Elementary 28
14. John O. Tynes Elementary 27
15. Van Buren Elementary 27
16. Ruby Drive Elementary 13
17. Melrose Elementary 11

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Placentia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Brookhaven Elementary 70.2/100
  2. 2 Sierra Vista Elementary 70.0/100
  3. 3 Charles Wagner Elementary 69.6/100
  4. 4 El Dorado High 68.2/100
  5. 5 Parkview 67.9/100

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Which Placentia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

El Camino Real Continuation High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Placentia schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Placentia, CA? ▼

Placentia has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,364 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.