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How has Hemmerling Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANNING UNIFIED·NCES 060384000350
Hemmerling Elementary
1928 West Nicolet St., Banning, CA 92220 · (951) 922-0254 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
435 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hemmerling Elementary→Nicolet Middle
Based on grade levels within Banning Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
23.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.0% | 25.9% | 25.1% | 38.0% |
| Math | 4.0% | 19.8% | 28.1% | 48.2% |
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 | 36.9% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 19.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.2% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 24.8% | 12.8% |
| 2018-19 | 25.0% | 14.7% |
| 2017-18 | 26.3% | 18.4% |
| 2016-17 | 23.3% | 14.6% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Hemmerling Elementary
Hemmerling Elementary's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemmerling Elementary this school | 468 | 92.9% | 28.1% |
| Capistrano Elementary Modesto | 469 | 89.8% | 24.9% |
| Fremont Elementary Fresno | 443 | 91.6% | 20.4% |
| Collett Elementary Riverside | 425 | 93.4% | 29.2% |
| Citrus Elementary Upland | 494 | 87.2% | 29.8% |
| E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning Fairfield | 492 | 93.1% | 14.5% |
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 Hemmerling Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,739 of 5,151 | #186 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #3,913 of 5,172 ▲ 319 | #184 of 283 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #3,235 of 5,172 ▲ 404 | #164 of 283 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #433 of 5,116 | #15 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #2,818 of 5,915 | #252 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,142 of 5,352 | #234 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #3,239 of 5,354 | #148 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #708 of 5,625 | #39 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #1,649 of 3,837 | #75 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
468
-98 (-17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 468 | 19.1 | 24.6:1 | 93% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 89% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 90% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 93% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | N/A | N/A | 85% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 21 | 26.9:1 | 90% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | N/A | N/A | 92% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 82% (446) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 27 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hemmerling Elementary.
About Hemmerling Elementary
Hemmerling Elementary is an elementary school in Banning, California, reachable at (951) 922-0254. The school enrolls 468 students in kindergarten through 5.
Hemmerling Elementary is one of the 9 schools that make up Banning Unified (4,234 students in total).
The largest group at Hemmerling Elementary is Hispanic students, at 74%. Enrollment also includes 11% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. The diversity index for Hemmerling Elementary is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hemmerling Elementary, giving a ratio of 24.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. A total of 435 students, or 93%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Hemmerling Elementary is 3.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.1% versus 25.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, Riverside County, median household income comes to about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Hemmerling Elementary from the closest public school, New Horizon High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.2%; Hemmerling Elementary's is 28.1%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 17%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Banning Unified
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Nicolet MiddleMiddle · 966 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hoffer ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Cabazon ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
Other schools in Banning
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Nicolet MiddleMiddle · 966 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hoffer ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
- Banning Independent StudyCombined · 84 students
Nearby schools
- New Horizon High0.6 mi · 68
- Beaumont Middle College High1.1 mi · 68
- Central Elementary1.1 mi · 782
- Nicolet Middle1.2 mi · 966
- Banning Independent Study1.3 mi · 84
- Banning High1.4 mi · 1,145
Frequently asked questions
About Hemmerling ElementaryHow many students attend Hemmerling Elementary?
Hemmerling Elementary enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hemmerling Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hemmerling Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hemmerling Elementary have?
Hemmerling Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Hemmerling Elementary?
Student demographics at Hemmerling Elementary are roughly 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hemmerling Elementary in?
Hemmerling Elementary is part of Banning Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.