Freedom Crest Elementary

Set in Menifee, California, Freedom Crest Elementary is an expansive K-5 school, one of the schools within Menifee Union. It caters to 707 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 52% above typical.

Menifee Union runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 12,247 students. Freedom Crest Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Freedom Crest Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Freedom Crest Elementary shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Freedom Crest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Freedom Crest Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Freedom Crest Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.9%.

Freedom Crest Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Freedom Crest Elementary's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 727 (now 707). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 49% to 60% over that span.

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