Fruitvale Elementary

Fruitvale Elementary is an expansive elementary-level community in Hemet, California, one of the schools within Hemet Unified. The school caters to 778 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Fruitvale Elementary sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Hemet Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 22,778 students, Fruitvale Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fruitvale Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 9% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fruitvale Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Riverside County) records that median household earnings sit near $93,074, 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 Fruitvale Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cawston Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fruitvale Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fruitvale Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 21.9%.

Fruitvale Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Fruitvale Elementary's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 847 (now 778). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 61% to 72%.

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