Sycamore Magnet Academy

Sycamore Magnet Academy is a primary school of sprawling scale in Tustin, California, run under Tustin Unified, instructing 1,085 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 133% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 28 schools in Tustin Unified (21,220 students total), Sycamore Magnet Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Sycamore Magnet Academy records that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, Sycamore Magnet Academy logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sycamore Magnet Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sycamore Magnet Academy is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Benjamin F. Beswick Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sycamore Magnet Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sycamore Magnet Academy has expanded 53%, going from 708 students in 2018 to 1,085 in 2025.

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