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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Garden Grove, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Garden Grove based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 51.6% Exceeded Standard, compared to 39.6% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# School County Score Exceeded Met+ Absent Susp.
1 Patton Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 74.7 55.7% 80.5% 5.2% 0.4%
2 Enders Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 70.1 41.4% 70.2% 8.3% 1.9%
3 A. G. Cook Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 69.9 57.8% 81.5% 5.4% 0.3%
4 Loyal Barker Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 69.7 54.7% 83.2% 6.2% 0.4%
5 John Murdy Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 67.8 41.9% 70.6% 7.1% 0.7%
6 Thomas Paine Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 62.9 46.3% 71.3% 12.6% 1.1%
7 Garden Park Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 62.5 34.1% 61.5% 8.8% 1.2%
8 Excelsior Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 61.2 44.4% 71.0% 10.7% 0.9%
9 Merton E. Hill Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 60.4 37.9% 66.2% 12.5% 0.7%
10 Morningside Elementary
Garden Grove Unified
Orange 59.9 36.4% 63.1% 11.5% 1.4%