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Enrollment
861
Elementary
DISTRICT 766 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORONA-NORCO UNIFIED·NCES 060985001069
George Washington Elementary
1220 West Parkridge Ave., Norco, CA 92860 · (951) 736-3326 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
671 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (143) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (135).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
27.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 26.3% | 28.3% | 27.4% |
| Math | 8.3% | 19.5% | 29.3% | 42.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 38.1% | 25.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 29.1% |
| 2018-19 | 58.5% | 44.6% |
| 2017-18 | 57.3% | 40.4% |
| 2016-17 | 47.9% | 40.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like George Washington Elementary
George Washington Elementary's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington Elementary this school | 861 | 77.9% | 34.1% |
| Sequoia Elementary Manteca | 814 | 77.5% | 18.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary Madera | 816 | 79.3% | 32.1% |
| Garretson Elementary Corona | 859 | 76.3% | 43.1% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Lake Elsinore | 821 | 81.2% | 34.9% |
| Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary Bakersfield | 813 | 78.1% | 22.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where George Washington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #3,052 of 5,151 | #130 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,438 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #147 of 283 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #2,518 of 5,172 ▲ 347 | #109 of 283 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,323 of 5,116 | #209 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 861 | #230 of 5,915 | #32 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,725 of 5,352 | #102 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #3,507 of 5,354 | #164 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #2,371 of 5,625 | #175 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #2,494 of 3,837 | #131 of 207 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
861
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 913
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 25.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 861 | 38 | 22.7:1 | 78% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 38 | 22.3:1 | 79% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 37 | 23.4:1 | 79% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 903 | 35 | 25.8:1 | 56% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 973 | 39 | 24.9:1 | 61% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 918 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 60% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | N/A | N/A | 56% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 1,214 | 58 | 20.9:1 | 36% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 913 | 36 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Washington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (973 to 861); teachers down 3% (39 to 38).
About George Washington Elementary
George Washington Elementary is an elementary school in Norco, California, reachable at (951) 736-3326. The school's enrollment of 861 students covers kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
George Washington Elementary is one of the 51 schools that make up Corona-Norco Unified (49,370 students in total).
A majority of students at George Washington Elementary, 77%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 12% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 26 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at George Washington Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The teaching staff at George Washington Elementary is 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 22.7:1. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. About 78% of students, or 671, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades George Washington Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, George Washington Elementary would score about 33.9%. It scores 34.1%, within a point of that figure.
Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: median household income is about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
The nearest public school is Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students, at about 0.1 miles. George Washington Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. George Washington Elementary comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 903 in 2020-21 and 861 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.7:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at George Washington Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corona-Norco Unified
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 4,353 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 3,577 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Corona HighHigh · 2,307 students
- Norco HighHigh · 2,032 students
- Dr. Augustine Ramirez IntermediateMiddle · 1,228 students
Other schools in Norco
- Norco HighHigh · 2,032 students
- Norco IntermediateMiddle · 726 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 694 students
- Norco ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryElementary · 395 students
Other George Washington Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named George Washington Elementary. George Washington Elementary is the largest of the 22.
- George Washington ElementaryMadera, CA · 578 students
- George Washington ElementaryHanford, CA · 460 students
- George Washington ElementaryBurbank, CA · 440 students
- George Washington ElementaryLodi, CA · 361 students
- George Washington ElementaryDaly City, CA · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students0.1 mi · 61
- Auburndale Intermediate0.2 mi · 640
- John F. Kennedy High1.1 mi · 694
- Pivot Charter School Riverside1.1 mi · 170
- Parkridge Elementary1.2 mi · 634
- Norco Elementary1.5 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About George Washington ElementaryHow many students attend George Washington Elementary?
George Washington Elementary enrolls approximately 861 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does George Washington Elementary serve?
George Washington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does George Washington Elementary have?
George Washington Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the student diversity at George Washington Elementary?
Student demographics at George Washington Elementary are roughly 12% White, 77% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is George Washington Elementary in?
George Washington Elementary is part of Corona-Norco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.