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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111011244
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy
47-368 Monroe St., Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 863-1544 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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
22.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
480 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 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
15%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
34.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -13.3pp since 2014
Math
27.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 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 down about 13 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 | 15.9% | 18.8% | 26.2% | 39.1% |
| Math | 9.9% | 17.9% | 28.9% | 43.2% |
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 | 34.7% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 26.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.2% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 45.5% |
| 2017-18 | 52.7% | 36.7% |
| 2016-17 | 54.4% | 38.4% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy this school | 592 | 81.1% | 30.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Salinas | 560 | 81.1% | 22.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Dinuba | 604 | 79.5% | 43.2% |
| KIPP Raices Academy Los Angeles | 619 | 80.9% | N/A |
| George Nicoloff Elementary San Ysidro | 616 | 79.9% | 19.5% |
| Wilson Elementary Dinuba | 545 | 80.7% | 44.7% |
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 Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,449 of 5,151 | #165 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,439 of 5,172 ▼ 7 | #148 of 283 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,468 of 5,172 ▲ 71 | #177 of 283 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,120 of 5,116 | #195 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #1,470 of 5,915 | #181 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,799 of 5,352 | #105 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #4,715 of 5,354 | #256 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #2,080 of 5,625 | #160 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #1,641 of 3,837 | #74 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
592
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 592 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 81% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 27 | 22.1:1 | 81% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 25.5 | 23.2:1 | 76% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 29 | 21.7:1 | 90% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 30 | 24.1:1 | 80% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 28 | 24.0:1 | 81% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | N/A | N/A | 79% (614) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (722 to 592); teachers down 13% (30 to 26).
About Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy is an elementary school in Indio, California, reachable at (760) 863-1544. Enrollment is 592 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 27% bigger than average.
Desert Sands Unified has 25,613 students spread across 34 schools.
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy's enrollment is 92% Hispanic. Next come 3% Asian and 2% White. The county population is about 51% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1 at Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 81%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy 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.
After adjusting for student poverty, Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.4%; the prediction is 32.0%.
In the county around the school, Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Riverside County is home to 543 public schools and about 424,872 public school students.
The closest other public school is Indio High, about 0.7 miles away. Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy at 1st of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 6% from its 2020-21 level of 629. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 21.7:1 to 22.8:1.
Discussions about Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 High0.7 mi · 1,962
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary1.2 mi · 490
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.2 mi · 591
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.2 mi · 390
- James Madison Elementary1.4 mi · 403
- Mountain Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. AcademyHow many students attend Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy?
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy have?
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy?
Student demographics at Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy are roughly 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy in?
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy is part of Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.