Fullerton Elementary

Fullerton Elementary has 20 schools—17 elementary and three middle schools—with most serving kindergarten through grade 6 or grades 7–8, and two elementary schools serving K–8. In 2025–26, the unweighted school averages were above California’s in ELA, math and science, but the biggest takeaway for families is how widely results vary from one school to another.

Robert C. Fisler leads all-grades ELA and math, with 82% and 81% proficient; Beechwood leads science at 69%. Their leads over the next-highest school are narrow—about 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 1 in science—but both are well above state results. At the other end, Maple has the lowest ELA result at 28%, while Woodcrest is lowest in math at 20% and science at 11%. Those scores are 21, 18 and 25 points below the state, respectively. The highest-to-lowest school gaps are 54 points in ELA, 61 in math and 57 in science.

Area averages slipped from the prior year: rounded, ELA and science each fell 1 point, while math was essentially flat. Individual schools moved differently: Rolling Hills had the largest science increase, up 17 points, while Hermosa Drive had the largest decline, down 17. SchoolDigger ranks Beechwood at the 98th percentile and Fisler at the 95th percentile. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures are for 2024–25: Laguna Road is at 23%, Beechwood at 28.0% and Fisler at 28.4%; these figures offer context, not a simple guide to results. Ratios also do not sort schools neatly: Acacia has the highest reported ratio, 31.4 students per teacher, yet scores 76% in ELA, while Nicolas has the lowest, 18.2, and scores 38% in ELA.