Maie Ellis Elementary

Located at 400 West Elder St., in Fallbrook, California, Maie Ellis Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that caters to 560 students (grades K through 6), run under Fallbrook Union Elementary. That puts it 20% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Maie Ellis Elementary logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 11% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Maie Ellis Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Diego County put the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Diego County runs 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), of which Maie Ellis Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Margarita Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maie Ellis Elementary.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maie Ellis Elementary has ticked down 3%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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