Adams Elementary

Set in Riverside, California, Adams Elementary is a mid-tier primary school, overseen by Riverside Unified. It teaches 487 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 48 schools in Riverside Unified (38,002 students total), Adams Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Adams Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 6% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Adams Elementary records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Adams Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.2%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Adams Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Adams Elementary's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 542 (now 487). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 79% to 87% over that span.

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