Acacia Elementary

Acacia Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Fullerton, California, operated by Fullerton Elementary, instructing 661 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Acacia Elementary sits 42% above that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Fullerton Elementary (11,247 students total), Acacia Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Acacia Elementary shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Acacia Elementary lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 31.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Acacia Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Acacia Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.7%; Acacia Elementary posts 79.7%, +20.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Acacia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Troy High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Acacia Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Acacia Elementary has edged down 6%, going from 701 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 19% to 28% over that span.

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