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The Fullerton handbook

Living in Fullerton, CA: what to set up and who to call

Two school districts split the grades in Fullerton: Fullerton Joint Union High School District and Fullerton Elementary School District. Trains stop in Fullerton.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fullerton, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Fullerton.

Electricity

Power comes from Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fullerton. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Fullerton water system

The City of Fullerton water system supplies almost all of Fullerton. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Suburban Water Systems-La Mirada and Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and City of Anaheim and City of Brea and Golden State Wc - Placentia/Yorba Linda as sellers) and serves 139,461 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA3010010.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Fullerton

99% of 30,007 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 64% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless92%5,000/5,000
GigabitNowFiber45%1,000/1,000
TingFiber32%1,000/1,000
Cosmo Network SolutionsFixed wireless83%350/150
VerizonFixed wireless67%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Fullerton’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fullerton.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Fullerton or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Fullerton kids go to
K–617 schoolsDepends on your address
7–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Fullerton is in two districts that split the grades: Fullerton Joint Union High School District and Fullerton Elementary School District.

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fullerton spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Fullerton residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of FullertonZIP’s residents in Fullerton
92833Fullerton, CA37%100%
92831Fullerton, CA27%100%
92832Fullerton, CA18%100%
92835Fullerton, CA18%100%

A few homes fall in 92801, 90631, 92806, 90621. 92834, 92836, 92837, 92838 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Fullerton

Who supplies Fullerton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of Fullerton water system (EPA ID CA3010010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fullerton?

Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Fullerton?

Spectrum, AT&T, GigabitNow, Ting, Cosmo Network Solutions, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fullerton?

92833 (37%), 92831 (27%), 92832 (18%), 92835 (18%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fullerton in?

Fullerton Joint Union High School District and Fullerton Elementary School District. Parts of the city are in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District and Buena Park Elementary School District.

How do I register to vote in Fullerton?

In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.