Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692011021
Hamilton Elementary
57550 Mitchell Rd., Anza, CA 92539 · (951) 763-1840 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
307 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
26.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 17.5% | 21.1% | 52.0% |
| Math | 4.7% | 14.1% | 27.1% | 54.1% |
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 | 26.9% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 19.8% |
| 2022-23 | 22.8% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 11.7% |
| 2018-19 | 31.1% | 20.4% |
| 2017-18 | 29.4% | 22.1% |
| 2016-17 | 25.7% | 24.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Elementary this school | 360 | 85.3% | 22.9% |
| Yokayo Elementary Ukiah | 414 | 85.5% | 37.5% |
| Grover Beach Elementary Grover Beach | 368 | 82.3% | 27.4% |
| McKinley Elementary Gridley | 341 | 80.9% | N/A |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Norco | 395 | 80.3% | 40.2% |
| Rancho Mirage Elementary Rancho Mirage | 349 | 81.7% | 40.8% |
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 Hamilton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #4,292 of 5,151 | #225 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,411 of 5,172 ▼ 217 | #227 of 283 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #4,281 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #231 of 283 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #1,552 of 5,116 | #92 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #4,183 of 5,915 | #281 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,756 of 5,352 | #196 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #2,121 of 5,354 | #89 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #1,633 of 5,625 | #123 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #2,243 of 3,837 | #115 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
360
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 360 | 15 | 24.0:1 | 85% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 15 | 22.1:1 | 75% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 13 | 23.5:1 | 81% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 85% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 20.4 | 20.3:1 | 84% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 82% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 80% (414) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (415 to 360); teachers down 26% (20.4 to 15).
About Hamilton Elementary
Hamilton Elementary is a small elementary school located in Anza, California. The school counted 360 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Hemet Unified has 22,778 students spread across 27 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Hamilton Elementary is Hispanic: 58%. Other groups make up 29% White, 6% Native American, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hamilton Elementary scores 57%.
Based on 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hamilton Elementary has a ratio of 24.0:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
On BeatsExpectations, Hamilton Elementary is 6.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Census data for Riverside County show median household income comes to about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Hamilton Elementary from the closest public school, Hamilton. Nearby schools average 32.0% on proficiency, and Hamilton Elementary is below that at 22.9%.
Hamilton Elementary falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 13 students, from 373 to 360. Students per teacher increased from 17.8 in 2020-21 to 24.0 in 2024-25.
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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 Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other Hamilton Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 17 states are named Hamilton Elementary. Hamilton Elementary is the 18th largest of the 28.
- Hamilton ElementaryFresno, CA · 811 students
- Hamilton ElementaryPasadena, CA · 510 students
- Hamilton ElementaryHanford, CA · 418 students
- Hamilton ElementarySan Diego, CA · 406 students
- Hamilton ElementaryHamilton City, CA · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton0.2 mi · 450
- Idyllwild12.1 mi · 268
- Cottonwood15.8 mi · 197
- Cahuilla Elementary17.8 mi · 399
- Rancho Mirage Elementary17.9 mi · 349
- Valle Vista Elementary18.0 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Elementary?
Hamilton Elementary enrolls approximately 360 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hamilton Elementary serve?
Hamilton Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamilton Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hamilton Elementary?
Hamilton Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 58% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hamilton Elementary?
Hamilton Elementary is overseen by Hemet Unified in Riverside County.
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