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Enrollment
848
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005142
Highgrove Elementary
690 Center St., Riverside, CA 92507 · (951) 788-7296 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
682 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 170 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (170) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (120).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
32.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
20.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.6% | 19.3% | 24.7% | 42.4% |
| Math | 7.6% | 13.2% | 25.8% | 53.3% |
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 | 32.9% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 17.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.6% | 33.8% |
| 2017-18 | 37.6% | 30.3% |
| 2016-17 | 37.7% | 32.4% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Highgrove Elementary
Highgrove Elementary's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highgrove Elementary this school | 848 | 80.4% | 27.7% |
| Cherryland Elementary Hayward | 855 | 83.2% | 17.1% |
| Lewis (Ed C.) Elementary Downey | 810 | 76.5% | 54.1% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary Patterson | 744 | 81.5% | 22.4% |
| Railroad Canyon Elementary Lake Elsinore | 873 | 83.2% | 31.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary Riverside | 851 | 82.8% | 33.8% |
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 Highgrove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #3,785 of 5,151 | #192 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,217 of 5,172 ▼ 484 | #213 of 283 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,681 of 5,172 ▼ 196 | #191 of 283 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #2,586 of 5,116 | #163 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #262 of 5,915 | #36 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,879 of 5,352 | #278 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #3,935 of 5,354 | #203 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #2,150 of 5,625 | #163 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #507 of 1,139 | #29 of 66 |
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
848
+102 (+14%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 848 | 32.5 | 26.1:1 | 80% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 33 | 25.0:1 | 57% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 31 | 25.2:1 | 81% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 28 | 26.6:1 | 82% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 31.2 | 24.6:1 | 90% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 27 | 25.9:1 | 91% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | N/A | N/A | 81% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 40 | 20.3:1 | 80% (646) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 27 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highgrove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (769 to 848); teachers up 4% (31.2 to 32.5).
About Highgrove Elementary
Highgrove Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Riverside, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 848 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 82% above that mark.
Highgrove Elementary is one of 48 schools in Riverside Unified, which enrolls 38,002 students in total.
Hispanic students are 83% of those enrolled at Highgrove Elementary. Other reported shares: 5% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 51% Hispanic among all Riverside County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
Highgrove Elementary reported 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 26.1:1. The school's 26.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Roughly 80% of students at Highgrove Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Highgrove Elementary is 4.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.7% versus 32.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
For Riverside County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Highgrove Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Highgrove Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 14% over 4 years, reaching 848 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Highgrove Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Riverside Unified
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex0.4 mi · 1,647
- Terrace Hills Middle1.3 mi · 852
- Grand Terrace Elementary1.4 mi · 654
- University Heights Middle2.0 mi · 870
- Harada Elementary2.0 mi · 603
- Terrace View Elementary2.1 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About Highgrove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Highgrove Elementary?
Highgrove Elementary enrolls approximately 848 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Highgrove Elementary serve?
Highgrove Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Highgrove Elementary?
Approximately 26.1:1 students per teacher at Highgrove Elementary.
How diverse is Highgrove Elementary?
Highgrove Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 83% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Highgrove Elementary?
Highgrove Elementary is overseen by Riverside Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.