Gisler (Robert) Elementary

Gisler (Robert) Elementary operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Fountain Valley, California, run under Fountain Valley Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 470 students spanning grades K through 5.

Fountain Valley Elementary runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,010 students. Gisler (Robert) Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gisler (Robert) Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Gisler (Robert) Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gisler (Robert) Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.3%; this one delivers 75.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Gisler (Robert) Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Oka (Isojiro) Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gisler (Robert) Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

Gisler (Robert) Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Gisler (Robert) Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 470). Over the same period, the White share declined from 46% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.