Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary

Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Fountain Valley, California, overseen by Fountain Valley Elementary, caters to 526 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Fountain Valley Elementary (6,010 students total), Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 22% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 62.1%; actual is 83.3%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fulton (Harry C.) Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 26% to 21%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 26.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Tamura (Hisamatsu) Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.