GGUSD Soars as Leader in State Test Results

Thursday, October 10, 2024

This week, the California Department of Education released statewide results of the 2023-2024 California Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) assessments, which show that Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) students continue to outperform the county and state in both English Language Arts and mathematics for the fifth consecutive year.

In English Language Arts, 59% of GGUSD students met or exceeded state standards compared to 47% across California and 58% across Orange County. In mathematics, 49% of GGUSD students met or exceeded state standards compared to 36% across California and 48% across Orange County.

For the sixth consecutive year, GGUSD also maintains its rank as the fifth highest performing district among large California districts with 34,000 or more students. This is an impressive accomplishment given the fact that, among the top ten highest performing large school districts, GGUSD has the greatest percentage of English learners (31%) and students who qualify for free and reduced price meals (80%).

For the eighth consecutive year, GGUSD is also the highest performing district among comparable large urban school districts in the CORE group, which includes Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Santa Ana.

“We take great pride in GGUSD’s ongoing achievement in academic excellence, consistently surpassing county and state test scores year after year,” said Board of Education President Teri Rocco. “Our teachers and staff are truly remarkable in all that they do each and every day to support students’ academic growth.”

GGUSD attributes its high academic rankings to its continued coherence and consistency delivering strong instructional strategies, support around data-driven lesson planning, robust professional development, immense classroom support from its team of Teachers on Special Assignment, and its abundance of Extended Learning Opportunities and before and after school interventions.