Maple Elementary

Located at 244 East Valencia Dr., in Fullerton, California, Maple Elementary is a cozy K-5 school that teaches 315 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Fullerton Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Maple Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Fullerton Elementary, a district that enrolls 11,247 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Maple Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White, 2% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maple Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 25.1%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Maple Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Fullerton Union High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maple Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maple Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 320 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 27.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Maple Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.