Garretson Elementary

Set in Corona, California, Garretson Elementary is a heavily attended elementary-level community, operated by Corona-Norco Unified. It educates 859 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 85% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Corona-Norco Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 49,370 students, Garretson Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Garretson Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 12% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Garretson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garretson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put 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%. Garretson Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Excelsior Charter School Corona-Norco, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Garretson Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Garretson Elementary's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,019 (now 859).

On the community side, members of the Garretson Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.