Acacia Elementary, Fullerton CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Acacia Elementary

Acacia Elementary sits on North Acacia Avenue in Fullerton, a city that has built much of its identity around education. It serves kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school within the Fullerton Elementary School District, and its enrollment places it on the larger end for an elementary school of its grade band.

The academic picture is genuinely strong. On California's CAASPP state assessments, Acacia's students perform well above typical statewide results across both English language arts and math, with ELA proficiency rates across tested grades running solidly in the upper seventies to low eighties, and math rates ranging from the mid-sixties at fifth grade to the low-to-mid eighties at third grade. The fifth-grade science results on the California Science Test are similar in range to the fifth-grade math numbers. Placed against the full set of districts in Orange County, Acacia's overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile, which in a county with many competitive school communities is a meaningful position. Multi-year trend data was available for only a single year in this dataset, so direction of change cannot be assessed from what is here; a parent wanting to track trajectory would want to ask the school directly.

The student body is racially and ethnically mixed. White students make up roughly the largest single group, followed closely by Hispanic students, then Asian students, with multiracial students also present in meaningful numbers. A modest share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, well below what you see at many urban California schools, which gives some sense of the economic mix. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not reported in the source material, so those dimensions are not something we can characterize here; families whose children have specific learning needs or are English learners would want to ask the district directly about what Acacia provides.

The Fullerton Elementary district itself has been making a few moves worth knowing about. Publicly reported coverage from late 2025 describes the launch of a new Career Technical Education program called the Spyder Lab at the district's junior high schools, blending entrepreneurship, graphic design, and business strategy. That is the middle school tier, not Acacia itself, but it reflects where Acacia students are headed within the same district. The district also runs a GATE program in which all second graders are tested, with qualified students either receiving enrichment at their home school or joining a cohort at a designated GATE campus that stays together from third through sixth grade. The board was reportedly weighing changes to how students are identified and how enrollment priority works, so a family interested in GATE pathways would want to verify current policy directly. Dual language programs in Spanish and Korean exist within the district, with an expanded Spanish program in planning for a future school year; whether Acacia specifically participates in these programs was not stated in the available data.

Fullerton as a place has a distinct character. It grew from an agricultural town into a post-WWII industrial and suburban city, and its downtown has since remade itself into a lively dining and entertainment district while holding onto much of its historic fabric. The city is home to Fullerton College and California State University, Fullerton, giving it the density of educational and cultural institutions the city itself promotes publicly. The Fullerton Transportation Center in the downtown core is one of the most active rail stations in the Metrolink system, connecting to Amtrak lines and OC Bus routes, which matters for families who commute. Most of Fullerton outside the downtown core is car-dependent for daily errands, and the neighborhood around Acacia is a residential area rather than a walkable district.

The housing market around the school reflects broader Orange County pricing. Home values in the relevant zip code run substantially above the California statewide median and well above the national median. Year-over-year price change has been nearly flat, which is a different dynamic from the sharper appreciation of recent years. Rental costs are also elevated relative to national norms, and the rent-to-income ratio suggests affordability is a real constraint for many households. Families relocating to be in this attendance zone should expect a premium market relative to most of the country.

Program details beyond what the district brief describes were not available for Acacia specifically, and civil rights data was not present in the source material.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 384%

School 84% · District 58% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 57% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 50% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 677%

School 77% · District 51% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 53% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 59% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 582%

School 82% · District 62% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 683%

School 83% · District 66% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 44% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

This schoolFullerton Elementary, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income86%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income74%Higher-income84%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income76%Higher-income84%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income71%Higher-income90%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income70%Higher-income91%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income56%Higher-income82%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income73%21 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income69%Higher-income81%13 pp gap