Charles Wagner Elementary

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Placentia, California, Charles Wagner Elementary enrolls 440 students from grades K through 6, operated by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.

Charles Wagner Elementary is one of 34 schools operated by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, a district that serves 22,665 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Charles Wagner Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 33% White, 20% Asian, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charles Wagner Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 58.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Charles Wagner Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: El Dorado High, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles Wagner Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

Charles Wagner Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 43% to 33%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Charles Wagner Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.