Is Rolling Hills Elementary a good school?

Rolling Hills Elementary ranks 2161 st of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Rolling Hills Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 563 students attended Rolling Hills Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Rolling Hills Elementary?

Students at Rolling Hills Elementary are 43% Hispanic, 38% White, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Rolling Hills Elementary attend?

Students who attend Rolling Hills Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts High : Fullerton Union High

Rolling Hills Elementary

Summary:

Rolling Hills Elementary is a public elementary school located in Fullerton, California, serving 563 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Fullerton Elementary District, which is ranked 498 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Over the past several years, Rolling Hills Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 1,158 out of 5,614 California elementary schools in 2015-2016 to 2,161 out of 5,862 in 2023-2024. This trend is concerning, as the school's performance on key metrics like chronic absenteeism, test scores, and socioeconomic status lags behind nearby higher-performing schools like Laguna Road Elementary and Acacia Elementary. For example, Rolling Hills Elementary's English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency rates are consistently lower than the district and state averages, and the school has a significantly higher percentage of students from low-income families compared to its neighbors.

The data suggests that addressing the underlying factors contributing to Rolling Hills Elementary's declining performance, such as high chronic absenteeism and the unique challenges faced by its student population, could be crucial in improving student outcomes and overall school performance. By learning from the successes of higher-performing schools in the area, the school and district can develop targeted interventions to help Rolling Hills Elementary regain its footing and provide a quality education for all its students.

Detail:

Public K-6

1460 East Rolling Hills Dr.
Fullerton, CA 92835-2008

(714) 447-7795

District: Fullerton Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
2161^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $4,949

Students who attend Rolling Hills Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts
High:	Fullerton Union High

Student/teacher ratio: 27.3

Number of students: 563

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.0%

White:

38.0%

Asian:

9.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Rolling Hills Elementary ranks better than 63.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.67. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (43%), White (38%), Asian (9.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 47.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rolling Hills Elementary is 27.3. 10 elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Rolling Hills Elementary employs 20.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rolling Hills Elementary is $4,949. 13 elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Rolling Hills Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Rolling Hills Elementary 2161^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Rolling Hills Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Fullerton Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Fullerton Elementary 498^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Rolling Hills Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	61.67	1647^th	4809	65.8%
2005	69.64	1358^th	4822	71.8%
2006	75.92	1103^rd	4818	77.1%
2007	72.37	1271^st	5113	75.1%
2008	73.56	1255^th	5113	75.5%
2009	72.01	1348^th	5193	74.0%
2010	73.35	1311^th	5314	75.3%
2011	71.72	1414^th	5377	73.7%
2012	70.79	1475^th	5390	72.6%
2013	64.29	1871^st	5530	66.2%
2015	69.67	1514^th	5611	73.0%
2016	79.21	1158^th	5614	79.4%
2017	71.27	1507^th	5692	73.5%
2018	70.68	1539^th	5662	72.8%
2019	72.22	1508^th	5789	74.0%
2022	62.77	1904^th	5883	67.6%
2023	55.17	2276^th	5874	61.3%
2024	57.67	2161^st	5862	63.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	51.03	201^st	339	40.7%
2019	55.67	227^th	445	49.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.36	1629^th	2420	32.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	51.85	2240^th	5084	55.9%
2019	61.77	1650^th	5173	68.1%
2022	59.09	1732^nd	5264	67.1%
2023	50.37	2342^nd	5374	56.4%
2024	43.73	2836^th	5511	48.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	75.98	1242^nd	5413	77.1%
2019	77.72	1189^th	5492	78.4%
2022	67.36	1625^th	5635	71.2%
2023	57.14	2081^st	5617	63.0%
2024	60.19	1944^th	5605	65.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	41.05	1010^th	2128	52.5%
2019	66.03	582^nd	2585	77.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.07	1927^th	5431	64.5%
2019	61.39	1894^th	5510	65.6%
2022	56.90	2098^th	5663	63.0%
2023	52.16	2326^th	5650	58.8%
2024	53.34	2291^st	5636	59.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.29	1431^st	4830	70.4%
2019	65.17	1399^th	4963	71.8%
2022	55.77	1848^th	5084	63.7%
2023	42.63	2711^th	5098	46.8%
2024	37.52	3152^nd	5102	38.2%

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Rank History for White students at Rolling Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.21	1036^th	2737	62.1%
2019	66.63	953^rd	2834	66.4%
2022	53.86	1347^th	2726	50.6%
2023	46.94	1513^th	2662	43.2%
2024	52.76	1332^nd	2647	49.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Rolling Hills Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	390	9	32	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	473
1989	418	14	46	43	0	n/a	n/a	0	521
1990	418	9	60	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	534
1991	383	14	64	53	1	n/a	n/a	0	515
1992	392	13	51	73	0	n/a	n/a	0	529
1993	382	12	67	83	6	n/a	n/a	0	550
1994	388	11	58	107	3	n/a	n/a	0	567
1995	388	10	60	114	5	n/a	n/a	0	577
1996	388	10	60	114	5	n/a	n/a	0	577
1997	380	13	53	104	3	n/a	n/a	0	553
1998	404	7	63	112	2	n/a	n/a	0	588
1999	383	11	75	115	2	n/a	n/a	0	586
2000	370	23	69	104	2	n/a	n/a	0	568
2001	347	21	75	118	3	n/a	n/a	0	564
2002	318	18	82	113	3	n/a	n/a	0	534
2003	318	18	82	113	3	n/a	n/a	0	534
2004	302	15	88	117	4	n/a	n/a	11	537
2005	290	9	92	131	5	n/a	n/a	10	537
2006	278	14	93	136	4	n/a	n/a	15	540
2007	245	11	100	133	4	n/a	n/a	35	528
2008	255	16	82	128	3	n/a	n/a	0	484
2009	264	17	86	129	3	2	72	0	573
2010	285	14	74	172	2	3	53	0	603
2011	305	14	81	209	2	1	67	0	679
2012	332	15	77	205	2	0	65	0	696
2013	360	18	66	224	0	0	57	0	725
2014	390	20	74	234	0	0	44	0	762
2015	363	18	81	238	2	1	42	0	745
2016	357	15	72	229	0	1	46	0	720
2017	324	12	74	216	0	1	54	0	681
2018	294	18	78	216	0	2	92	0	700
2019	264	15	60	248	2	0	74	0	663
2020	262	15	58	265	2	0	72	0	674
2021	227	14	71	243	3	0	60	0	618
2022	222	12	62	258	2	0	45	0	601
2023	214	10	53	242	2	0	42	0	563

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rolling Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	473	18.8	25.1	n/a
1989	521	19.8	26.3	n/a
1990	534	19.8	26.9	n/a
1991	515	20.8	24.7	n/a
1992	529	21.1	25.0	7.8
1993	550	19.8	27.8	10.2
1994	567	20.8	27.3	13.4
1995	577	22.0	26.2	17.7
1996	577	22.0	26.2	17.7
1997	553	23.0	24.0	12.1
1998	588	24.4	24.1	13.9
1999	586	24.6	23.8	17.4
2000	568	22.0	25.8	17.4
2001	564	24.0	23.5	17.7
2002	534	24.0	22.3	15.9
2003	534	24.0	22.3	15.9
2004	537	25.0	21.5	16.3
2005	537	25.0	21.5	20.9
2006	540	24.0	22.5	21.5
2007	528	23.0	23.0	19.7
2008	484	25.0	19.4	21.3
2009	573	23.0	22.0	21.1
2010	603	24.0	25.1	22.1
2011	679	n/a	n/a	26.1
2012	696	25.5	27.2	n/a
2013	725	26.6	27.2	24
2014	762	26.0	29.3	26.1
2015	745	26.0	28.6	27.2
2016	720	23.0	31.3	25.4
2017	681	22.1	30.8	23.2
2018	700	23.1	30.3	25.6
2019	663	23.1	28.7	35.1
2020	674	n/a	n/a	37.7
2021	618	24.1	25.6	40.8
2022	601	22.6	26.5	47.3
2023	563	20.6	27.3	47.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rolling Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	473	18.8	25.1	n/a
1989	521	19.8	26.3	n/a
1990	534	19.8	26.9	n/a
1991	515	20.8	24.7	n/a
1992	529	21.1	25.0	7.8
1993	550	19.8	27.8	10.2
1994	567	20.8	27.3	13.4
1995	577	22.0	26.2	17.7
1996	577	22.0	26.2	17.7
1997	553	23.0	24.0	12.1
1998	588	24.4	24.1	13.9
1999	586	24.6	23.8	17.4
2000	568	22.0	25.8	17.4
2001	564	24.0	23.5	17.7
2002	534	24.0	22.3	15.9
2003	534	24.0	22.3	15.9
2004	537	25.0	21.5	16.3
2005	537	25.0	21.5	20.9
2006	540	24.0	22.5	21.5
2007	528	23.0	23.0	19.7
2008	484	25.0	19.4	21.3
2009	573	23.0	22.0	21.1
2010	603	24.0	25.1	22.1
2011	679	n/a	n/a	26.1
2012	696	25.5	27.2	n/a
2013	725	26.6	27.2	24
2014	762	26.0	29.3	26.1
2015	745	26.0	28.6	27.2
2016	720	23.0	31.3	25.4
2017	681	22.1	30.8	23.2
2018	700	23.1	30.3	25.6
2019	663	23.1	28.7	35.1
2020	674	n/a	n/a	37.7
2021	618	24.1	25.6	40.8
2022	601	22.6	26.5	47.3
2023	563	20.6	27.3	47.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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