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What's the one class at Cabot Yerxa Elementary every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955012316
Cabot Yerxa Elementary
67067 Desert View, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 · (760) 251-2223 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
20.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
627 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 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
27%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
26.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.1pp since 2014
Math
13.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 17.8% | 25.7% | 48.2% |
| Math | 4.0% | 10.0% | 28.2% | 57.8% |
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 | 26.1% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 23.3% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 11.9% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 26.8% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 34.1% | 26.0% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Cabot Yerxa Elementary
Cabot Yerxa Elementary's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Yerxa Elementary this school | 664 | 94.4% | 18.2% |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield | 694 | 93.9% | 25.5% |
| Frank West Elementary Bakersfield | 650 | 94.8% | 23.9% |
| Evergreen Elementary Bakersfield | 660 | 96.8% | 20.9% |
| Sunnymead Elementary Moreno Valley | 642 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
| Del Rosa Elementary San Bernardino | 659 | 92.6% | 16.4% |
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 Cabot Yerxa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,720 of 5,151 | #260 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #4,835 of 5,172 ▲ 51 | #264 of 283 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #4,380 of 5,172 ▲ 365 | #237 of 283 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,549 of 5,116 | #159 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #929 of 5,915 | #128 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,150 of 5,352 | #23 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.8% | #4,093 of 5,354 | #216 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #514 of 5,625 | #19 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #3,313 of 3,837 | #180 of 207 |
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
664
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 664 | 32.6 | 20.4:1 | 94% (627) |
| 2023-24 | 673 | 31.2 | 21.6:1 | 93% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 32.2 | 20.7:1 | 97% (646) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 30 | 22.4:1 | 99% (663) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 30 | 23.3:1 | 98% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 95% (737) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | N/A | N/A | 93% (622) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cabot Yerxa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (700 to 664); teachers up 8% (30 to 32.6).
About Cabot Yerxa Elementary
Cabot Yerxa Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Desert Hot Springs, California. The school had 664 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Cabot Yerxa Elementary is among 27 schools run by Palm Springs Unified, which serves 20,007 students.
Cabot Yerxa Elementary's enrollment is 85% Hispanic. It is also 8% Black, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Cabot Yerxa Elementary's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Cabot Yerxa Elementary counts 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 94% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
allk12 grades Cabot Yerxa Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In California, Cabot Yerxa Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 18.2% actual against a predicted 24.2%.
Riverside County census figures show that the median household income is $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 543 public schools in Riverside County, enrolling about 424,872 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Desert Springs Middle is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Cabot Yerxa Elementary. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Cabot Yerxa Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Cabot Yerxa Elementary is Town: Fringe.
Cabot Yerxa Elementary had 673 students in 2020-21 and 664 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.4:1 to 20.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cabot Yerxa Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Julius Corsini Elementary1.8 mi · 397
- Bella Vista Elementary2.1 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About Cabot Yerxa ElementaryHow large is Cabot Yerxa Elementary?
Cabot Yerxa Elementary enrolls approximately 664 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cabot Yerxa Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cabot Yerxa Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cabot Yerxa Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cabot Yerxa Elementary is approximately 20.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cabot Yerxa Elementary?
At Cabot Yerxa Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cabot Yerxa Elementary?
Cabot Yerxa 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.