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What's the most underrated thing about Elsinore Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002709490
Elsinore Elementary
212 North Langstaff St., Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 · (951) 253-7615 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- B-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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
440 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 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
18%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
21.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
11.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.9% | 14.2% | 23.7% | 55.2% |
| Math | 2.5% | 8.8% | 23.5% | 65.1% |
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 | 21.1% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 10.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 10.2% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 24.3% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 19.7% | 11.5% |
| 2016-17 | 22.2% | 11.6% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 6.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Elsinore Elementary
Elsinore Elementary's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsinore Elementary this school | 462 | 95.2% | 16.6% |
| Maryland Elementary Vista | 466 | 94.4% | 21.8% |
| Vista del Monte Elementary Palm Springs | 435 | 95.4% | 22.4% |
| Crescent Elementary Bakersfield | 496 | 93.8% | 27.7% |
| Canoga Park Elementary Canoga Park | 462 | 96.3% | 19.6% |
| John C. Fremont Elementary Corcoran | 467 | 92.9% | 23.1% |
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 Elsinore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #4,845 of 5,151 | #273 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #4,986 of 5,172 ▼ 511 | #276 of 283 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,781 of 5,172 ▲ 162 | #267 of 283 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,783 of 5,116 | #179 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #2,882 of 5,915 | #254 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,408 of 5,352 | #152 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,548 of 5,354 | #246 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #419 of 5,625 | #17 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,308 of 3,837 | #56 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
462
-107 (-19%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 462 | 19.6 | 23.6:1 | 95% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 21 | 21.7:1 | 95% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 22.6 | 21.2:1 | 95% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 23 | 24.7:1 | 91% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 24.5 | 23.9:1 | 96% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 26 | 23.0:1 | 97% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | N/A | N/A | 92% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 86% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 35 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elsinore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (585 to 462); teachers down 20% (24.5 to 19.6).
About Elsinore Elementary
Federal records list Elsinore Elementary as an elementary school in Lake Elsinore, California. Total enrollment is 462 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Lake Elsinore Unified runs Elsinore Elementary along with 23 other schools, enrolling 20,539 students in total.
Hispanic students are 90% of those enrolled at Elsinore Elementary. The next largest groups are 5% White and 2% Black. In Riverside County overall, about 51% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Elsinore Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. The school has 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 23.6:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 95% of students (440) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 21 points.
Elsinore Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 23.7%.
Riverside County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Elsinore Middle is about 0.5 miles from Elsinore Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 16.6% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
Elsinore Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 19% across 4 years, from 569 in 2020-21 to 462 in 2024-25. The ratio was 24.7:1 in 2020-21 and 23.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Elsinore Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lake Elsinore
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Lakeland VillageElementary · 909 students
Nearby schools
- Elsinore Middle0.5 mi · 947
- Ortega High0.7 mi · 463
- Keith McCarthy Academy0.8 mi · 332
- Railroad Canyon Elementary1.4 mi · 873
- Earl Warren Elementary1.8 mi · 821
- Temescal Canyon High2.4 mi · 2,373
Frequently asked questions
About Elsinore ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Elsinore Elementary?
Elsinore Elementary enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Elsinore Elementary serve?
Elsinore Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elsinore Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elsinore Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Elsinore Elementary?
Student demographics at Elsinore Elementary are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Elsinore Elementary?
Elsinore 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.