Fallbrook STEM Academy

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Fallbrook, California, Fallbrook STEM Academy serves 600 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Fallbrook Union Elementary. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Fallbrook Union Elementary comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,042 students; Fallbrook STEM Academy is among them.

Demographically, Fallbrook STEM Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 11% White. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fallbrook STEM Academy has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Fallbrook STEM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fallbrook STEM Academy sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.8%; actual is 40.8%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Fallbrook STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Margarita Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fallbrook STEM Academy comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fallbrook STEM Academy has grew 8%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 600 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Fallbrook STEM Academy typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.