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If you could change one rule at Clearwater Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRIS ELEMENTARY·NCES 063018013981
Clearwater Elementary
1640 Murrieta Rd., Perris, CA 92571 · (951) 423-2016 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
519 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (108).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
40.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.0pp since 2016
Math
25.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2016
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 25 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 3 points since 2016, 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 | 18.7% | 21.8% | 24.9% | 34.5% |
| Math | 10.8% | 14.5% | 29.2% | 45.5% |
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 | 40.5% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.2% | 29.9% |
| 2021-22 | 48.5% | 29.8% |
| 2018-19 | 42.2% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 41.5% | 28.3% |
| 2016-17 | 37.6% | 26.6% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Clearwater Elementary
Clearwater Elementary's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Elementary this school | 651 | 79.7% | 32.7% |
| George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Middle Adelanto | 685 | 77.8% | 31.2% |
| Willow Cove Elementary Pittsburg | 592 | 76.9% | 19.0% |
| Helen L. Dollahan Elementary Rialto | 608 | 82.2% | 30.7% |
| Skyview Elementary Perris | 725 | 80.1% | 31.4% |
| Georgia F. Morris Elementary Colton | 604 | 81.5% | 36.7% |
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 Clearwater Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #3,205 of 5,151 | #144 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #3,731 of 5,172 ▼ 129 | #173 of 283 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,876 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #135 of 283 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #399 of 5,116 | #11 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #1,012 of 5,915 | #134 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,448 of 5,352 | #256 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #3,991 of 5,354 | #208 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #2,211 of 5,625 | #169 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #3,305 of 3,837 | #179 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
651
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 651 | 26 | 25.0:1 | 80% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 26 | 25.0:1 | 81% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 26 | 25.5:1 | 81% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 26 | 25.2:1 | 63% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 83% (570) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clearwater Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (687 to 651); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Clearwater Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Clearwater Elementary serves students in Perris, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 651 students. The school's enrollment is 40% larger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Clearwater Elementary is one of the 9 schools that make up Perris Elementary (5,518 students in total).
Clearwater Elementary enrolls a student body that is 84% Hispanic. The school is also 8% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Clearwater Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Teachers at the school number 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.0:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Clearwater Elementary, the prediction is 32.8% and the result is 32.7%.
In Riverside County (population about 2,478,600), median household income is about $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%. Clearwater Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County, which together enroll about 424,872 students.
Skyview Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 32.7% is above the 30.4% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 655 to 651, a small change.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Perris Elementary
- Innovative Horizons CharterElementary · 894 students
- Skyview ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- Railway ElementaryElementary · 715 students
- Palms ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Good Hope ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Perris ElementaryElementary · 617 students
Other schools in Perris
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Perris HighHigh · 2,096 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- California Military InstituteHigh · 1,031 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Clearwater Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clearwater Elementary. Clearwater Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Clearwater Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 750 students
- CLEARWATER ELEMENTARYPIEDMONT, MO · 363 students
- Clearwater ElementaryClearwater, SC · 338 students
Nearby schools
- Skyview Elementary0.6 mi · 725
- Perris High0.8 mi · 2,096
- Triple Crown Elementary1.0 mi · 971
- Orange Vista High1.0 mi · 2,396
- Palms Elementary1.1 mi · 671
- Innovative Horizons Charter1.4 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About Clearwater ElementaryHow many students attend Clearwater Elementary?
Clearwater Elementary enrolls approximately 651 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Clearwater Elementary serve?
Clearwater Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clearwater Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clearwater Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Clearwater Elementary?
Clearwater Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Clearwater Elementary?
Clearwater Elementary is overseen by Perris Elementary in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.