Fulton (Harry C.) Middle

Set in Fountain Valley, California, Fulton (Harry C.) Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school, run under Fountain Valley Elementary. It hosts 753 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 10 schools in Fountain Valley Elementary (6,010 students total), Fulton (Harry C.) Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Fulton (Harry C.) Middle records that the largest single group is Asian at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Fulton (Harry C.) Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fulton (Harry C.) Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 75.0%.

In the area at large, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Fulton (Harry C.) Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 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), Fulton (Harry C.) Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.4%.

Fulton (Harry C.) Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Fulton (Harry C.) Middle's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 801 (now 753). The White share of enrollment shrank from 31% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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