A new diagnostic imaging pavilion opened in 1989. A Kaiser Permanente facility is planned for Brea in the future. Placentia Linda Hospital is located in the neighboring city of Placentia, while Friendly Hills Medical Center is in La Habra and St. Jude Regional Medical Facility is in Fullerton. There are also several industrial and family medical clinics in the city. The Brea Olinda Unified School District operates six elementary schools, one junior high school, a high school, and a continuation high school.
Higher education is right in the neighborhood.
The Southern California College of Business and Law, the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and a number of technical and vocational schools call Brea home, while California State University, Fullerton College, Pacific Christian College, an optometry school and another law school are located minutes away in Fullerton.