Foothill Elementary

Located at 2601 South Buena Vista Ave., in Corona, California, Foothill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that serves 640 students (grades K through 6), operated by Corona-Norco Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Foothill Elementary sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

Foothill Elementary is one of 51 schools operated by Corona-Norco Unified, a district that caters to 49,370 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Foothill Elementary reports that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% White, 12% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Foothill Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Foothill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Foothill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vicentia Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Foothill Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foothill Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 918 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 47% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

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