Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary

Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Fountain Valley, California, run under Fountain Valley Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades K through 5.

Fountain Valley Elementary runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,010 students. Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 17% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.5%; actual is 85.2%, +25.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary is one.

Valley Vista High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.3%.

Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 529 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.