Highgrove Elementary

Highgrove Elementary is a large elementary school in Riverside, California, one of the schools within Riverside Unified. The school teaches 848 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Riverside Unified, which oversees 48 schools and 38,002 students, Highgrove Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Highgrove Elementary reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 5% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Highgrove Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Highgrove Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Highgrove Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Highgrove Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 28.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Highgrove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highgrove Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 848 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 87% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Highgrove Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.