Richman Elementary

Set in Fullerton, California, Richman Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Fullerton Elementary. It caters to 470 students across grades K through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richman Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Richman Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 39.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that median household income runs about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Richman Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Woodcrest Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richman Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richman Elementary has fell 36%, going from 734 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.8:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 today.

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