Total enrollment
5,042
+288 (+6%) vs SY 2020-21
11 schools in Fallbrook Union Elementary
California · 5,042 students · 3 cities
11 public K-12 schools operate under Fallbrook Union Elementary in California, teaching roughly 5,042 students (9 elementary and 2 middle).
4-year change in Fallbrook Union Elementary
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
10
+1 (+11%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Fallbrook Union Elementary ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #136 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,042 | #257 of 587 | #1,912 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 10 | #231 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #393 of 587 | #8,763 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.8% | #216 of 587 | #1,639 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #315 of 530 | #2,893 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Fallbrook Union Elementary
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from San Onofre Elementary at 72.1% proficient to James E. Potter Intermediate at 36.1%, a gap of 36.0 points. That is the 169th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 10 district schools that reported both years went from 4,861 to 5,042 students (up 4%) and from 206 to 225 full-time teachers (up 9%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James E. Potter Intermediate | Fallbrook | Middle | 07-08 | 828 |
| Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary | Oceanside | Elementary | KG-08 | 820 |
| Live Oak Elementary | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-06 | 717 |
| Fallbrook STEM Academy | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-06 | 600 |
| Maie Ellis Elementary | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-06 | 560 |
| William H. Frazier Elementary | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-06 | 514 |
| La Paloma Elementary | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-06 | 499 |
| San Onofre Elementary | San Clemente | Elementary | KG-08 | 489 |
| Fallbrook Virtual Academy | Fallbrook | Elementary | KG-08 | 12 |
| Santa Margarita Academy | Fallbrook | Middle | 04-08 | 3 |
| Mike Choate Early Childhood Education Center | Fallbrook | Elementary | M-M | · |
About Fallbrook Union Elementary
Across 11 schools, Fallbrook Union Elementary serves about 5,042 students in California. By footprint it is a compact district.
For a sense of the school types, Fallbrook Union Elementary covers 9 elementary and 2 middle.
Average enrollment per school in Fallbrook Union Elementary is about 458, meaningfully below the California average of roughly 578.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment grew 6%: 4,754 students in SY 2020-21 versus 5,042 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 9 to 10 across the same 4-year window.
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