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What tradition at Agua Caliente Elementary should never be changed?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955004559
Agua Caliente Elementary
30-800 San Luis Rey Plaza, Cathedral City, CA 92234 · (760) 416-8235 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
602 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.1pp since 2014
Math
19.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.2% | 18.9% | 22.4% | 49.5% |
| Math | 6.2% | 13.7% | 27.1% | 53.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 24.5% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2018-19 | 27.4% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 26.6% | 24.3% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Agua Caliente Elementary
Agua Caliente Elementary's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Caliente Elementary this school | 645 | 93.3% | 24.1% |
| Muscoy Elementary San Bernardino | 670 | 93.4% | 26.1% |
| Gulf Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 634 | 92.6% | 36.5% |
| Moffett Elementary Lennox | 626 | 94.1% | 39.0% |
| Berlyn Elementary Ontario | 639 | 91.7% | 29.3% |
| Washington Elementary Pomona | 645 | 95.0% | 18.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Agua Caliente Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #4,182 of 5,151 | #218 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #4,310 of 5,172 ▼ 607 | #222 of 283 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #4,171 of 5,172 ▲ 252 | #222 of 283 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,195 of 5,116 | #201 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,058 of 5,915 | #141 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,059 of 5,352 | #22 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #4,845 of 5,354 | #267 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #664 of 5,625 | #35 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #207 of 1,139 | #12 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
645
+55 (+9%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 24.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 645 | 31.9 | 20.3:1 | 93% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 29.5 | 20.9:1 | 93% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 28.6 | 21.9:1 | 97% (608) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 24 | 24.6:1 | 96% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 98% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 24 | 24.8:1 | 94% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | N/A | N/A | 95% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 93% (712) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 22 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Agua Caliente Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (526 to 645); teachers up 45% (22 to 31.9).
About Agua Caliente Elementary
Agua Caliente Elementary, located in Cathedral City, California, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 645 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 39% bigger than average.
Palm Springs Unified enrolls 20,007 students in 27 schools, including Agua Caliente Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Agua Caliente Elementary is 94% Hispanic. It is also 2% White. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 43 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Agua Caliente Elementary's 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.3:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 20.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. The rate at public schools in Riverside County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Agua Caliente Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Agua Caliente Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 24.1% against 24.9%.
Across Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Riverside County is home to 543 public schools and about 424,872 public school students.
The closest public school, Mt. San Jacinto High, is about 0.8 miles from Agua Caliente Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Agua Caliente Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, Agua Caliente Elementary's enrollment climbed 9%, to 645. The number of students per teacher fell from 24.6 to 20.3 over 4 years.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palm Springs Unified
- Desert Hot Springs HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Rancho Mirage HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Cathedral City
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- Sunny Sands ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Cathedral City ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Mt. San Jacinto High0.8 mi · 325
- Landau Elementary0.9 mi · 579
- Cielo Vista Charter1.0 mi · 824
- Palm Springs High1.9 mi · 1,497
- Desert Learning Academy2.0 mi · 317
- Rio Vista Elementary2.0 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About Agua Caliente ElementaryHow large is Agua Caliente Elementary?
Agua Caliente Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-05.
Is Agua Caliente Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Agua Caliente Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Agua Caliente Elementary?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Agua Caliente Elementary.
How diverse is Agua Caliente Elementary?
Agua Caliente Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Agua Caliente Elementary?
Agua Caliente Elementary is overseen by Palm Springs Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.