Fullerton Elementary

The Fullerton Elementary School District in California serves 20 schools, including 17 elementary schools and 3 middle schools, spanning a range of performance levels. While some schools, like Robert C. Fisler Elementary and Laguna Road Elementary, consistently rank among the top 5% of California elementary schools, others, such as Pacific Drive Elementary and Valencia Park Elementary, struggle with very low proficiency rates.

Key metrics reveal significant disparities across the district. Chronic absenteeism rates range from as low as 2.8% at Laguna Road Elementary to as high as 24.5% at Commonwealth Elementary. There is also a strong correlation between higher free/reduced lunch rates and lower academic performance, with the highest-poverty schools, like Woodcrest Elementary, lagging significantly behind their more affluent counterparts.

Despite the range in school performance, the two middle schools, D. Russell Parks Junior High and Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts, both rank in the top 30% of California middle schools, indicating strong overall middle school quality in the Fullerton Elementary district.