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What's the most underrated thing about Carrillo Ranch Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111011017
Carrillo Ranch Elementary
43-775 Madison St., Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 238-9700 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
409 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
40.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.7% | 25.2% | 24.8% | 34.3% |
| Math | 8.9% | 18.7% | 26.4% | 45.9% |
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 | 40.9% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.9% | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.7% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 47.8% | 38.3% |
| 2017-18 | 46.3% | 38.0% |
| 2016-17 | 45.4% | 37.5% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Carrillo Ranch Elementary
Carrillo Ranch Elementary's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrillo Ranch Elementary this school | 459 | 89.1% | 32.2% |
| Sierra Linda Elementary Oxnard | 455 | 87.9% | 30.1% |
| Walnut Elementary La Habra | 446 | 90.8% | 25.6% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Corcoran | 454 | 90.3% | 23.8% |
| Poplar Elementary Fontana | 450 | 88.2% | 32.5% |
| Roscoe Elementary Sun Valley | 481 | 90.9% | 30.2% |
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 Carrillo Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #3,248 of 5,151 | #148 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,457 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #149 of 283 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,832 of 5,172 ▲ 551 | #132 of 283 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #229 of 5,116 | #6 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #2,913 of 5,915 | #255 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,510 of 5,352 | #88 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #4,618 of 5,354 | #250 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #1,213 of 5,625 | #83 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #592 of 3,837 | #15 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
459
-90 (-16%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 459 | 20.5 | 22.4:1 | 89% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 20.5 | 23.0:1 | 88% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 81% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 23 | 23.9:1 | 87% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 28 | 23.1:1 | 77% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 27 | 24.5:1 | 77% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | N/A | N/A | 70% (464) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrillo Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (647 to 459); teachers down 27% (28 to 20.5).
About Carrillo Ranch Elementary
Carrillo Ranch Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Desert Sands Unified, located in Indio, California. Its enrollment is 459 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Desert Sands Unified enrolls 25,613 students in 34 schools, including Carrillo Ranch Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% White and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Carrillo Ranch Elementary has 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Carrillo Ranch Elementary. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Carrillo Ranch Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.2% is 4.9 points above the 27.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Riverside County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
The closest school to Carrillo Ranch Elementary is Indio Middle, located about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Carrillo Ranch Elementary is ahead of the 22.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 90 students, from 549 to 459. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.4:1) than in 2020-21 (23.9:1).
This page is set up for the Carrillo Ranch Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Desert Sands Unified
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,425 students
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Indio
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Indio MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Indio Middle0.8 mi · 768
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary0.8 mi · 560
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.0 mi · 390
- Herbert Hoover Elementary1.2 mi · 326
- James Madison Elementary1.2 mi · 403
- John Glenn Middle School of International Studies1.5 mi · 1,099
Frequently asked questions
About Carrillo Ranch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Carrillo Ranch Elementary?
Carrillo Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carrillo Ranch Elementary serve?
Carrillo Ranch Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Carrillo Ranch Elementary?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Carrillo Ranch Elementary.
How diverse is Carrillo Ranch Elementary?
Carrillo Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Carrillo Ranch Elementary in?
Carrillo Ranch Elementary is part of Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.