Herk Bouris Elementary

Herk Bouris Elementary is a K-5 school of expansive scale in Lake Elsinore, California, run under Menifee Union, educateing 734 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Menifee Union runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 12,247 students. Herk Bouris Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Herk Bouris Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to Riverside County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Herk Bouris Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Herk Bouris Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Herk Bouris Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 53.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Herk Bouris Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Canyon Lake Middle, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Herk Bouris Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herk Bouris Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Herk Bouris Elementary's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 964 (now 734). Over the same period, the White share declined from 37% to 27%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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