Hemmerling Elementary

Hemmerling Elementary is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Banning, California, run under Banning Unified, works with 468 students in grades K through 5.

Hemmerling Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Banning Unified, a district that works with 4,234 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hemmerling Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Hemmerling Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hemmerling Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Hemmerling Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Horizon High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hemmerling Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 570 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 63% to 74%.

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