Elsinore Middle

Set in Lake Elsinore, California, Elsinore Middle is a medium-sized 6-8 campus, operated by Lake Elsinore Unified. It teaches 947 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% above the state mean of about 659.

Within Lake Elsinore Unified, which oversees 24 schools and 20,539 students, Elsinore Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Elsinore Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Elsinore Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Elsinore Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Elsinore Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Elsinore Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elsinore Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elsinore Middle's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 947). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 today.

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