Glen Avon Elementary

Glen Avon Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Jurupa Valley, California, overseen by Jurupa Unified, serveing 488 students in grades K through 6.

Within Jurupa Unified, which oversees 24 schools and 17,739 students, Glen Avon Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Glen Avon Elementary reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Asian, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Glen Avon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.6%; this one delivers 31.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Glen Avon Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Patriot High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Avon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glen Avon Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 25.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glen Avon Elementary's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 488).

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.