Lakeview Elementary

Lakeview Elementary is a cozy elementary campus in Yorba Linda, California, operated by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified. The school caters to 381 students in grades K through 5.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 22,665 students. Lakeview Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lakeview Elementary lists that 47% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% 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, Lakeview Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeview Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 77.8%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (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), Lakeview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mabel M. Paine Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.7%.

Lakeview Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lakeview Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 381). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 30% to 22%. Class-load math has fell: from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.