Foothill Ranch Elementary

Foothill Ranch Elementary is a K-5 school of large scale in Foothill Ranch, California, one of the schools within Saddleback Valley Unified, works with 990 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 113% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Foothill Ranch Elementary is one of 33 schools operated by Saddleback Valley Unified, a district that teaches 22,646 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Foothill Ranch Elementary reports that 33% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 20% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Foothill Ranch Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothill Ranch Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Foothill Ranch Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Portola Hills Elementary, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foothill Ranch Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foothill Ranch Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Foothill Ranch Elementary has decreased 17%, going from 1,195 students in 2018 to 990 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 43% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 29.9:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Foothill Ranch Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.