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Enrollment
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Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692011018
Cawston Elementary
4000 West Menlo Ave., Hemet, CA 92545 · (951) 765-0277 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL796 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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
23.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
633 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
37.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.3pp since 2014
Math
29.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.7% | 19.6% | 21.3% | 41.4% |
| Math | 12.5% | 17.2% | 28.8% | 41.5% |
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 | 37.3% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 26.1% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.8% | 26.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 41.2% |
| 2017-18 | 44.0% | 35.8% |
| 2016-17 | 41.1% | 36.0% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Cawston Elementary
Cawston Elementary's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cawston Elementary this school | 796 | 79.5% | 32.1% |
| Sing Lum Elementary Bakersfield | 809 | 77.1% | 36.3% |
| Harmony Elementary Hemet | 826 | 83.7% | 29.8% |
| Rancho Verde Elementary Apple Valley | 748 | 84.6% | 13.0% |
| West Palms Conservatory Victorville | 680 | 81.2% | 31.1% |
| Three Rings Ranch Elementary Beaumont | 796 | 77.1% | 31.9% |
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 Cawston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,263 of 5,151 | #149 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #3,259 of 5,172 ▲ 229 | #136 of 283 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #3,196 of 5,172 ▲ 13 | #159 of 283 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,184 of 5,116 | #200 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 796 | #398 of 5,915 | #64 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,479 of 5,352 | #159 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #2,550 of 5,354 | #104 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #2,232 of 5,625 | #171 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #933 of 1,139 | #51 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
796
+64 (+9%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 876
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 796 | 33.7 | 23.6:1 | 80% (633) |
| 2023-24 | 836 | 34 | 24.6:1 | 80% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 34 | 24.6:1 | 81% (679) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 85% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 74% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 36 | 21.7:1 | 73% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 876 | N/A | N/A | 65% (571) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cawston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (777 to 796); teachers up 5% (32 to 33.7).
About Cawston Elementary
Cawston Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Hemet, California. It enrolled 796 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 71% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Besides Cawston Elementary, Hemet Unified runs 26 other schools. The district enrolls 22,778 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Cawston Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Riverside County residents are about 51% Hispanic. Cawston Elementary's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Cawston Elementary is 33.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.6:1. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 80% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Cawston Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.0% for Cawston Elementary. The school posts 32.1%, within a point of the prediction.
Within Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Cawston Elementary, Riverside County has 542 other public schools.
Nearby, Rancho Viejo Middle is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Cawston Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cawston Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Cawston Elementary's enrollment grew from 732 in 2020-21 to 796 in 2024-25.
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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 Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other schools in Hemet
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Viejo Middle0.4 mi · 1,040
- Tahquitz High0.7 mi · 1,761
- Fruitvale Elementary0.8 mi · 778
- Megan Cope Elementary1.9 mi · 756
- Harmony Elementary2.5 mi · 826
- Whittier Elementary2.7 mi · 816
Frequently asked questions
About Cawston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cawston Elementary?
Cawston Elementary enrolls approximately 796 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cawston Elementary serve?
Cawston Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cawston Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cawston Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cawston Elementary?
At Cawston Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 66% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cawston Elementary public or private?
Cawston Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hemet Unified.
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