Is Robert C. Fisler Elementary a good school?

Yes! Robert C. Fisler Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 131 st of 5862 California elementary schools.

How many students attend Robert C. Fisler Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 891 students attended Robert C. Fisler Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Robert C. Fisler Elementary?

Students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary are 85% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Robert C. Fisler Elementary attend?

Students who attend Robert C. Fisler Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Sunny Hills High

Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Summary:

Robert C. Fisler Elementary is a public K-8 school in Fullerton, California, serving 895 students and part of the Fullerton Elementary District.

Robert C. Fisler Elementary is an exceptional school, consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in California with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school excels academically, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics significantly higher than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's end-of-course proficiency rates were 86.79% in ELA and 83.28% in Math, compared to 57.95% and 50.34% for the district, and 47.04% and 35.54% for the state. The school also maintains very low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 1.0% to 4.0% over the past several years, and has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a lower proportion of students from low-income families compared to the district and state.

When compared to other nearby schools in the Fullerton Elementary District, such as Laguna Road Elementary, Orangethorpe Elementary, and James A. Whitaker Elementary, Robert C. Fisler Elementary significantly outperforms its peers in academic achievement, with much higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math. This suggests the school may have effective teaching practices, curriculum, or other factors that contribute to its sustained excellence over the years, making it a model for other schools to emulate.

Detail:

Public K-8

1350 Starbuck St.
Fullerton, CA 92833-5668

(714) 447-2890

District: Fullerton Elementary

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,561

Students who attend Robert C. Fisler Elementary usually attend:

High:

Sunny Hills High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.9

Number of students: 891

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

85.0%

Hispanic:

7.1%

White:

3.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Robert C. Fisler Elementary ranks better than 97.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 97.39. (See more...)

Compare Details Robert C. Fisler Elementary ranks better than 99.6% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 99.26. (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: Asian (85%), Hispanic (7.1%), White (3.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 24% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Robert C. Fisler Elementary is 26.9. 9 elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Robert C. Fisler Elementary employs 33 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Robert C. Fisler Elementary is $5,561, which is the 8^th highest among 17 elementary schools in the Fullerton Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Robert C. Fisler Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Robert C. Fisler Elementary 131^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Robert C. Fisler Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Robert C. Fisler Elementary 12^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Robert C. Fisler Elementary in the ranking list.)

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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 Robert C. Fisler Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	93.96	291^st	5113	94.3%
2008	96.25	117^th	5113	97.7%
2009	95.71	118^th	5193	97.7%
2010	95.51	108^th	5314	98.0%
2011	96.28	50^th	5377	99.1%
2012	95.72	50^th	5390	99.1%
2013	96.24	47^th	5530	99.2%
2015	98.39	66^th	5611	98.8%
2016	95.96	235^th	5614	95.8%
2017	98.17	63^rd	5692	98.9%
2018	97.98	69^th	5662	98.8%
2019	97.96	71^st	5789	98.8%
2022	97.47	153^rd	5883	97.4%
2023	97.94	103^rd	5874	98.2%
2024	97.39	131^st	5862	97.8%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	98.81	42^nd	3246	98.7%
2019	99.90	10^th	3275	99.7%
2022	99.56	20^th	3311	99.4%
2023	98.83	35^th	3250	98.9%
2024	96.25	45^th	3160	98.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	99.82	7^th	5084	99.9%
2019	99.18	15^th	5173	99.7%
2022	99.39	34^th	5264	99.4%
2023	98.80	45^th	5374	99.2%
2024	99.59	25^th	5511	99.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.38	66^th	5413	98.8%
2019	97.26	67^th	5492	98.8%
2022	96.20	208^th	5635	96.3%
2023	97.66	81^st	5617	98.6%
2024	97.03	109^th	5605	98.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.59	82^nd	5431	98.5%
2019	97.65	77^th	5510	98.6%
2022	97.30	129^th	5663	97.7%
2023	96.98	148^th	5650	97.4%
2024	96.65	149^th	5636	97.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	77.60	196^th	1071	81.7%
2019	79.15	155^th	1149	86.5%
2022	75.52	259^th	1154	77.6%
2023	76.38	243^rd	1190	79.6%
2024	74.57	308^th	1203	74.4%

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

Rank History for Robert C. Fisler Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	93.34	63^rd	1999	96.8%
2008	90.04	107^th	2005	94.7%
2009	92.21	62^nd	2063	97.0%
2010	93.37	37^th	2179	98.3%
2011	91.77	54^th	2236	97.6%
2012	92.09	41^st	2259	98.2%
2013	92.93	26^th	2379	98.9%
2015	98.76	10^th	2477	99.6%
2016	97.83	18^th	2497	99.3%
2017	98.18	30^th	2508	98.8%
2018	98.44	18^th	2480	99.3%
2019	98.04	32^nd	2715	98.8%
2022	98.88	28^th	2740	99.0%
2023	98.71	28^th	2802	99.0%
2024	99.26	12^th	2777	99.6%

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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	81.70	65^th	462	85.9%
2019	62.54	234^th	554	57.8%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	99.49	12^th	2230	99.5%
2019	99.68	10^th	2369	99.6%
2022	99.48	13^th	2458	99.5%
2023	99.53	8^th	2549	99.7%
2024	99.82	8^th	2575	99.7%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.91	18^th	2262	99.2%
2019	97.23	35^th	2380	98.5%
2022	97.75	48^th	2509	98.1%
2023	97.94	40^th	2547	98.4%
2024	98.74	15^th	2546	99.4%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	98.25	25^th	2273	98.9%
2019	98.07	42^nd	2407	98.3%
2022	99.18	18^th	2527	99.3%
2023	98.80	28^th	2558	98.9%
2024	99.21	13^th	2547	99.5%

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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	81.11	92^nd	700	86.9%
2019	78.15	138^th	745	81.5%
2022	78.96	129^th	733	82.4%
2023	78.22	129^th	718	82.0%
2024	83.77	61^st	741	91.8%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Robert C. Fisler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	99.55	7^th	2391	99.7%
2024	99.92	3^rd	2383	99.9%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Monday, November 21, 2011

Fisler Elementary School has been great for my daughter! The campus is fairly new with modern equipment, new computers, and very clean. The staff is outstanding and shows genuine interest in my daughter's education. What I love most about the school is that it is an Apple Distinguished School and their programs are relavent to today's technologies. It is highly important for students to be familiar with the most current tools such as iPod, iPad, Macbook, etc. I'm glad that my six year old daughter has working knowledge of her Macbook - she is able to create Keynote presentations, draft a Pages document, type a book report, record video of herself and assignments, and do research on the internet. So far her teachers have been wonderful and have played a key role in her development and motivation to study. I'm looking forward to the things planned ahead in the near future at Fisler Elementary School. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Robert C. Fisler Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2005	102	8	449	69	2	n/a	n/a	12	642
2006	109	8	569	62	2	n/a	n/a	22	772
2007	97	10	609	52	2	n/a	n/a	38	808
2008	91	6	663	48	2	n/a	n/a	0	810
2009	79	6	694	47	2	3	44	0	875
2010	79	6	713	65	2	1	21	0	887
2011	81	7	757	78	2	1	26	0	952
2012	69	10	791	61	4	0	37	0	972
2013	75	7	796	73	2	0	29	0	982
2014	76	4	791	54	0	0	34	0	959
2015	66	5	759	44	0	0	26	0	900
2016	60	9	764	38	0	0	43	0	914
2017	61	9	765	42	0	0	38	0	915
2018	44	14	752	63	0	0	45	0	918
2019	50	11	744	63	0	1	50	0	919
2020	46	9	726	58	0	1	35	0	875
2021	38	11	698	55	0	1	30	0	833
2022	28	12	708	69	0	2	24	0	843
2023	33	8	756	67	0	2	29	0	895
2024	35	11	757	63	1	2	22	0	891

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 Robert C. Fisler Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	642	28.0	22.9	8.4
2006	772	32.0	24.1	5.2
2007	808	34.0	23.8	3.2
2008	810	37.0	21.9	3.7
2009	875	34.0	23.6	4.2
2010	887	34.0	26.0	4.6
2011	952	n/a	n/a	5.7
2012	972	35.7	27.1	n/a
2013	982	33.5	29.3	6.8
2014	959	33.1	28.9	7.7
2015	900	32.0	28.1	5.9
2016	914	31.0	29.4	5.4
2017	915	31.2	29.3	5.4
2018	918	31.8	28.8	17.1
2019	919	30.7	29.8	19.3
2020	875	n/a	n/a	19.7
2021	833	31.2	26.6	22.7
2022	843	33.0	25.4	28.7
2023	895	33.0	27.1	27.7
2024	891	33.0	26.9	24

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 Robert C. Fisler Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	642	28.0	22.9	8.4
2006	772	32.0	24.1	5.2
2007	808	34.0	23.8	3.2
2008	810	37.0	21.9	3.7
2009	875	34.0	23.6	4.2
2010	887	34.0	26.0	4.6
2011	952	n/a	n/a	5.7
2012	972	35.7	27.1	n/a
2013	982	33.5	29.3	6.8
2014	959	33.1	28.9	7.7
2015	900	32.0	28.1	5.9
2016	914	31.0	29.4	5.4
2017	915	31.2	29.3	5.4
2018	918	31.8	28.8	17.1
2019	919	30.7	29.8	19.3
2020	875	n/a	n/a	19.7
2021	833	31.2	26.6	22.7
2022	843	33.0	25.4	28.7
2023	895	33.0	27.1	27.7
2024	891	33.0	26.9	24

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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