Brookhaven Elementary

Brookhaven Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Placentia, California, one of the schools within Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, with 482 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 22,665 students. Brookhaven Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Brookhaven Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Brookhaven Elementary logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brookhaven Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.2%; actual is 79.0%, +15.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Brookhaven Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: El Dorado High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brookhaven Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 68.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 52% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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