Falcon Academy of Science and Technology

Falcon Academy of Science and Technology is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Brea, California, operated by Brea-Olinda Unified, with 544 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Brea-Olinda Unified comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,740 students; Falcon Academy of Science and Technology is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Falcon Academy of Science and Technology reports that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Asian, 17% White, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Falcon Academy of Science and Technology higher than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Falcon Academy of Science and Technology performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 70.5%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the broader community, 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), Falcon Academy of Science and Technology is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brea Junior High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Falcon Academy of Science and Technology comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 17% across the same window.

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