Rose Drive Elementary

Rose Drive Elementary is a tight-knit K-5 school in Yorba Linda, California, overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified. The school educates 372 students in grades K through 5.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 22,665 students. Rose Drive Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rose Drive Elementary shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 34% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Rose Drive Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 38% 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 noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rose Drive Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.1%; Rose Drive Elementary posts 76.1%, +19.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Rose Drive Elementary is one.

Charles Wagner Elementary 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rose Drive Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.0%.

Rose Drive Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 43% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.1:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.