Pacific Drive Elementary

Pacific Drive Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Fullerton, California, part of Fullerton Elementary, hosts 607 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Pacific Drive Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Fullerton Elementary, a district that educates 11,247 students overall.

Demographically, Pacific Drive Elementary records that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 9% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pacific Drive Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pacific Drive Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Nicolas Junior High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pacific Drive Elementary. On composite proficiency, Pacific Drive Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

Pacific Drive Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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