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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Donald Graham Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002702452
Donald Graham Elementary
35450 Frederick St., Wildomar, CA 92595 · (951) 253-7590 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
328 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 111 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
61%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
42.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
34.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 18.4% | 24.1% | 29.5% | 28.0% |
| Math | 12.0% | 22.0% | 32.1% | 34.0% |
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 | 42.5% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 38.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.9% | 34.9% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 46.4% | 45.9% |
| 2017-18 | 39.8% | 36.1% |
| 2016-17 | 44.6% | 38.5% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Donald Graham Elementary
Donald Graham Elementary's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Graham Elementary this school | 470 | 69.8% | 41.9% |
| Portola Elementary Ventura | 444 | 70.3% | 55.0% |
| Sherwood Elementary Modesto | 489 | 68.9% | 36.0% |
| Killybrooke Elementary Costa Mesa | 473 | 71.0% | 57.6% |
| Standiford Elementary Modesto | 433 | 71.1% | 39.6% |
| Eaton Elementary Fresno | 512 | 71.7% | 38.9% |
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 Donald Graham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,312 of 5,151 | #90 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,835 of 5,172 ▼ 547 | #110 of 283 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,689 of 5,172 ▼ 946 | #120 of 283 ▼ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,852 of 5,116 | #183 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #2,791 of 5,915 | #251 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,548 of 5,352 | #34 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #1,677 of 5,354 | #76 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #2,966 of 5,625 | #210 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #2,420 of 3,837 | #123 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
470
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 470 | 22.3 | 21.1:1 | 70% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 20.6 | 22.3:1 | 65% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 20.3 | 21.7:1 | 67% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 23 | 20.7:1 | 61% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 24.2 | 22.1:1 | 64% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 22 | 21.5:1 | 60% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 56% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 22% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donald Graham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (534 to 470); teachers down 8% (24.2 to 22.3).
About Donald Graham Elementary
Donald Graham Elementary is an elementary school in Wildomar, California, reachable at (951) 253-7590. A federal count lists 470 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Lake Elsinore Unified is the district for Donald Graham Elementary. It has 24 schools and 20,539 students.
Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at Donald Graham Elementary. Smaller groups are 24% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Donald Graham Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Donald Graham Elementary's 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Donald Graham Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Donald Graham Elementary is +3.3 points: 41.9% actual, 38.6% predicted.
Across Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Riverside County number 543 and enroll about 424,872.
Ronald Reagan Elementary is located about 0.9 miles from Donald Graham Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Donald Graham Elementary is ahead of the 39.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Donald Graham Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 476 to 470, a small change.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Donald Graham 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 Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
Other schools in Wildomar
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- William Collier ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Wildomar ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural ArtsElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Ronald Reagan Elementary0.9 mi · 508
- Wildomar Elementary0.9 mi · 620
- David A. Brown Middle1.5 mi · 1,030
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts1.6 mi · 486
- Elsinore High1.8 mi · 1,927
- Cole Canyon Elementary2.2 mi · 1,038
Frequently asked questions
About Donald Graham ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Donald Graham Elementary?
Donald Graham Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
Is Donald Graham Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Donald Graham Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Donald Graham Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Donald Graham Elementary.
How diverse is Donald Graham Elementary?
Donald Graham Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 56% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Donald Graham Elementary?
Donald Graham Elementary is overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.