Orangethorpe Elementary

Located at 1400 South Brookhurst Rd., in Fullerton, California, Orangethorpe Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school that works with 489 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Fullerton Elementary.

Across the 20 schools in Fullerton Elementary (11,247 students total), Orangethorpe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Orangethorpe Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Orangethorpe Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Orangethorpe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 27.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Orangethorpe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Marshall (John) Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orangethorpe Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Orangethorpe Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

Orangethorpe Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orangethorpe Elementary has shrank 24%, going from 647 students in 2018 to 489 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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