Overview
About La Valencia
La Valencia holds 162 addresses on 39.4 acres in the southeast of Brea, on five street names: East Elm Street carries 52, East Date Street 44, South Greenleaf Drive 35, South Oakhaven Avenue 25 and East Elm Circle six. The parcel layer counts 158 parcels, every one residential, on lots running to a median of 0.168 acres with structures to a median of 2,064 square feet and four bedrooms. The city's tree inventory records 95 street trees along the community's 1.25 miles of road.
The general plan carries 30.2 acres as Low Density Residential and the zoning is R-1 throughout, with none of the classified acreage in an elevated fire class. La Valencia is one of three Brea communities served by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified rather than Brea Olinda, alongside Artisan Walk and Vesuvius: Golden Elementary is 0.25 miles away with 834 students, Colonel J. K. Tuffree Middle 0.86 miles with 566, and El Dorado High 1.05 miles with 1,998.
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How La Valencia was built
The city records 158 homes across thirty-nine acres, built between 1966 and 1971 with a typical size around 2,064 square feet on lots of about a sixth of an acre, on four streets: Date, Elm, Greenleaf and Oakhaven. The lots are generous by later standards, which is the mark of a subdivision laid out when land on the Brea flats was still cheap.
Date Street keeps the agricultural thread, since dates were among the specialty crops of Southern California's irrigated valleys, and Greenleaf and Oakhaven belong to the same idea. The city's tree inventory counts ninety-five trees inside the boundary, most of them Brisbane box. A little over four acres of the neighborhood fall inside the liquefaction zone the city maps on the valley floor.
By the Numbers
La Valencia by the numbers
Lifestyle
The La Valencia lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving La Valencia
La Valencia is not in Brea Olinda Unified. Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District serves it. Golden Elementary is 0.25 miles away, Colonel J. K. Tuffree Middle 0.86 miles and El Dorado High 1.05 miles. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count. Attendance boundaries set the assignment, so confirm a specific address with the district.
9-12 · 1,998 students
7-8 · 566 students
K-6 · 834 students
K-6 · 482 students
K-6 · 440 students
K-5 · 381 students
K-5 · 372 students
K-12 · 259 students
K-12 · 124 students
K-12 · 97 students
FAQs
Common questions about La Valencia
Which school district serves La Valencia?
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, not Brea Olinda. Golden Elementary is 0.25 miles away with 834 students on the 2024-25 federal count, Colonel J. K. Tuffree Middle is 0.86 miles with 566, and El Dorado High is 1.05 miles with 1,998. Confirm a specific address with the district.
How big is La Valencia?
39.4 acres against the boundary the City of Brea publishes, with 162 addresses and 158 parcels, all of them residential, on 1.25 miles of street.
When was it built?
Two tracts recorded by surveyor C. J. Queyrel, Tract 5870 in 1966 and Tract 5871 in 1968, cover the community in almost equal halves. The parcel record dates most of the housing to 1968.
What are the homes like?
Lots run to a median of 0.168 acres with structures to a median of 2,064 square feet and four bedrooms. The city's tree inventory records 95 street trees along the community's five streets.
How is La Valencia zoned?
R-1 across the boundary, with the general plan carrying 30.2 acres as Low Density Residential. None of the classified acreage falls in an elevated fire class.