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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Riverside County, California

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public elementary schools in Riverside County, California, drawn from 294 qualifying public elementary schools. Mecca Elementary leads the list at 97.2%, against a median of 82.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
294
Riverside County, California
Top % FRL
97.2%
Median % FRL
82.6%
HIGHEST POVERTY · RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Mecca ElementaryMecca, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary67797.2%
2Oasis ElementaryThermal, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary48897.1%
3Edgemont ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary48297.1%
4Arlanza ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary43197.0%
5Herbert Hoover ElementaryIndio, CADesert Sands UnifiedElementary32696.9%
6Cathedral City ElementaryCathedral City, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary60696.5%
7Las Palmitas ElementaryThermal, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary57096.5%
8Jacob Wiens ElementaryHemet, CAHemet UnifiedElementary58096.4%
9Peter Pendleton ElementaryCoachella, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary49996.2%
10La Granada ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary52496.0%
11Columbia ElementaryPerris, CAVal Verde UnifiedElementary70495.9%
12Saul Martinez ElementaryMecca, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary96195.7%
13Parkridge ElementaryCorona, CACorona-Norco UnifiedElementary63495.6%
14Manuel L. Real ElementaryPerris, CAVal Verde UnifiedElementary59395.4%
15Vista del Monte ElementaryPalm Springs, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary43595.4%
16Sunnymead ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary64295.3%
17Elsinore ElementaryLake Elsinore, CALake Elsinore UnifiedElementary46295.2%
18Palm View ElementaryCoachella, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary56194.8%
19Cabot Yerxa ElementaryDesert Hot Springs, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary66494.4%
20Serrano ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary49694.4%
21Jefferson ElementaryCorona, CACorona-Norco UnifiedElementary56194.3%
22San Jacinto ElementarySan Jacinto, CASan Jacinto UnifiedElementary51994.2%
23Valley View ElementaryCoachella, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary60394.2%
24Landau ElementaryCathedral City, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary57994.1%
25Lakeland VillageLake Elsinore, CALake Elsinore UnifiedElementary90994.1%
26Sunnymeadows ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary58394.0%
27Chaparral Hills ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary54793.8%
28James Madison ElementaryIndio, CADesert Sands UnifiedElementary40393.5%
29Hemet ElementaryHemet, CAHemet UnifiedElementary78393.5%
30Two Bunch Palms ElementaryDesert Hot Springs, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary71793.4%
31Collett ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary42593.4%
32Sunny Sands ElementaryCathedral City, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary69293.4%
33Foothill ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary45193.3%
34Garvey/Allen Visual & Performing Arts Academy for STEMMoreno Valley, CAGarvey/Allen Visual & Perf Arts Acad for STEM DISTElementary21093.3%
35Agua Caliente ElementaryCathedral City, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary64593.3%
36Bubbling Wells ElementaryDesert Hot Springs, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary58193.3%
37John Kelley ElementaryThermal, CACoachella Valley UnifiedElementary50593.3%
38Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CARiverside UnifiedElementary70193.0%
39Hemmerling ElementaryBanning, CABanning UnifiedElementary46892.9%
40Ramona ElementaryHemet, CAHemet UnifiedElementary70292.7%
41Cielo Vista CharterPalm Springs, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary82492.7%
42Hoffer ElementaryBanning, CABanning UnifiedElementary36792.6%
43Della S. Lindley ElementaryThousand Palms, CAPalm Springs UnifiedElementary55292.6%
44Cabazon ElementaryCabazon, CABanning UnifiedElementary26892.5%
45Twinhill ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary44292.5%
46Whittier ElementaryHemet, CAHemet UnifiedElementary81692.5%
47Myra Linn ElementaryRiverside, CAAlvord UnifiedElementary44092.5%
48Coronita ElementaryCorona, CACorona-Norco UnifiedElementary40092.5%
49Martin Van Buren ElementaryIndio, CADesert Sands UnifiedElementary53392.5%
50Armada ElementaryMoreno Valley, CAMoreno Valley UnifiedElementary68492.4%
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