Commonwealth Elementary

Commonwealth Elementary is an intimate elementary school in Fullerton, California, overseen by Fullerton Elementary. The school instructs 268 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Fullerton Elementary, which oversees 20 schools and 11,247 students, Commonwealth Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Commonwealth Elementary reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White, 6% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Commonwealth Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Commonwealth Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 23.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Commonwealth Elementary is one.

Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Commonwealth Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Commonwealth Elementary has ticked down 32%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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