Bautista Creek Elementary

Bautista Creek Elementary, a well-populated K-5 school in Hemet, California, part of Hemet Unified, educates 959 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 106% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Hemet Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 22,778 students. Bautista Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bautista Creek Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 24% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Bautista Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bautista Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 24.6%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the broader community, Riverside County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Bautista Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Little Lake Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bautista Creek Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Bautista Creek Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 947 (now 959). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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