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What's something Columbia Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAL VERDE UNIFIED·NCES 069113511045
Columbia Elementary
21350 Rider St., Perris, CA 92570 · (951) 443-2460 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
675 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
25.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.7pp since 2014
Math
14.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.6pp 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 15.9% | 22.2% | 52.1% |
| Math | 2.6% | 11.8% | 28.0% | 57.6% |
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 | 25.7% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 14.8% |
| 2022-23 | 24.4% | 12.3% |
| 2021-22 | 24.1% | 11.6% |
| 2018-19 | 34.3% | 25.1% |
| 2017-18 | 34.8% | 24.0% |
| 2016-17 | 28.5% | 24.5% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Columbia Elementary
Columbia Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Elementary this school | 704 | 95.9% | 21.3% |
| Ford Boulevard Elementary Los Angeles | 722 | 96.1% | 40.5% |
| Bear Mountain Elementary Arvin | 728 | 95.2% | 17.3% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Arvin | 690 | 96.2% | 22.7% |
| Virginia Lee Rose Elementary Madera | 714 | 96.8% | 25.7% |
| Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter Los Angeles | 697 | 96.6% | N/A |
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 Columbia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,458 of 5,151 | #235 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,796 of 5,172 ▼ 99 | #258 of 283 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #4,421 of 5,172 ▼ 693 | #241 of 283 ▼ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,625 of 5,116 | #165 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #741 of 5,915 | #102 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,268 of 5,352 | #244 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #4,991 of 5,354 | #277 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #331 of 5,625 | #11 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #3,638 of 3,837 | #197 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
704
-15 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 26.6:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
95%
was 91%
% Black
1%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 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 | 704 | 28.5 | 24.7:1 | 96% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 26.5 | 25.3:1 | 93% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 25.3 | 26.0:1 | 97% (641) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 27 | 26.6:1 | 92% (661) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (719 to 704); teachers up 5% (27 to 28.5).
About Columbia Elementary
Columbia Elementary is an elementary school in Perris, California, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 704 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Val Verde Unified is made up of 22 schools with 19,065 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Columbia Elementary is 95% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 44 points above the 51% share among Riverside County residents. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Riverside County report 74%.
In California, Columbia Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.3% actual against a predicted 23.4%.
Within Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Riverside County has 543 public schools and roughly 424,872 students.
The closest public school to Columbia Elementary is Manuel L. Real Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Columbia Elementary is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2017-18 (719) and 2024-25 (704). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 91% to 95% over the same period. Federal data show the ratio falling from 26.6:1 to 24.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Columbia Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Val Verde Unified
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
- Triple Crown ElementaryElementary · 971 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 Columbia Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Columbia Elementary. Columbia Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 25.
- Columbia ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 706 students
- Columbia ElementaryLancaster, CA · 620 students
- Columbia ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 601 students
- Columbia ElementaryFresno, CA · 568 students
- Columbia ElementaryColumbia, CA · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Manuel L. Real Elementary0.8 mi · 593
- Tomas Rivera Middle0.9 mi · 1,014
- Mead Valley Elementary2.0 mi · 788
- Val Verde Academy2.5 mi · 151
- Val Verde Student Success Academy2.5 mi · 27
- Val Verde High2.5 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Columbia Elementary?
Columbia Elementary enrolls approximately 704 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Columbia Elementary serve?
Columbia Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Columbia Elementary?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Columbia Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbia Elementary?
At Columbia Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbia Elementary?
Columbia Elementary is overseen by Val Verde Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.