Summary
Acacia Elementary serves 661 students in kindergarten through sixth grade in Fullerton, within the Fullerton Elementary district. In 2025–2026, 76% of students were proficient in English language arts, 73% in math, and 59% in science—above both district and state results in every subject. Chronic absenteeism was also notably low at 2%, compared with 9% in the district and 18% statewide. The key takeaway is that Acacia combines strong achievement with unusually low absenteeism.
Acacia is among the strongest nearby schools, though it does not lead the group. Its results ranked third of 11 schools in ELA and science and second in math; the nearby-school averages were 48%, 40%, and 34%, respectively. Math is Acacia’s strongest subject in comparison: its result was 35 percentage points above the state and 22 points above the district. Science is its weakest by comparison, but still exceeded the state by 23 points and the district by 17. Beechwood Elementary had higher results in all three subjects, leading Acacia by 5 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 10 in science.
Results have declined since 2022–2023: ELA fell 6 percentage points, math 4, and science 3 by 2025–2026. Acacia’s leads over the state also narrowed, by 9 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 8 in science; this reflects both Acacia’s lower scores and rising state results. SchoolDigger gives Acacia 5 stars and places it at the 92nd statewide percentile, down from the 96th percentile in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024. Its 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 31.4, higher than at all listed nearby schools. The school’s free/reduced lunch eligible rate was 33% in 2024–2025, the second-lowest among nearby schools with the same measure and year. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well Acacia serves “Multi-racial Students” was at the 70th percentile in 2025–2026, compared with the school’s overall 92nd percentile; its measure for “Asian Students” was at the 73rd percentile.
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