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Which teacher or staff member at Harada Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005143
Harada Elementary
700 Highlander Dr., Riverside, CA 92507 · (951) 788-7292 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
542 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 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 28% larger than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
49%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
22.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
14.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.1% | 16.7% | 24.6% | 52.6% |
| Math | 5.9% | 8.5% | 24.1% | 61.6% |
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 | 22.8% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 23.8% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 27.2% | 18.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.6% | 20.3% |
| 2017-18 | 29.2% | 18.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.8% | 16.6% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Harada Elementary
Harada Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harada Elementary this school | 603 | 89.9% | 19.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary Stockton | 569 | 87.2% | 35.0% |
| Wayne Van Horn Elementary Bakersfield | 578 | 87.4% | 24.8% |
| El Dorado Elementary Stockton | 554 | 88.3% | 13.9% |
| Amy B. Seibert Elementary Bakersfield | 628 | 90.9% | 17.9% |
| Stine Elementary Bakersfield | 615 | 93.5% | 20.1% |
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 Harada Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,637 of 5,151 | #253 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #4,801 of 5,172 ▼ 306 | #259 of 283 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,664 of 5,172 ▼ 106 | #262 of 283 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #663 of 5,116 | #22 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #1,374 of 5,915 | #171 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,314 of 5,352 | #70 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #2,859 of 5,354 | #120 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #1,120 of 5,625 | #76 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #1,921 of 3,837 | #92 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
603
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 603 | 27.2 | 22.2:1 | 90% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 30 | 22.1:1 | 64% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 27 | 25.6:1 | 83% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 83% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 30.4 | 23.6:1 | 87% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 31 | 24.9:1 | 81% (628) |
| 2010-11 | 793 | N/A | N/A | 72% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 46 | 19.5:1 | 75% (670) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 32 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harada Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (717 to 603); teachers down 11% (30.4 to 27.2).
About Harada Elementary
Harada Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Riverside, California. The school serves 603 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 30% above that.
Harada Elementary is part of Riverside Unified, where 48 schools serve 38,002 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Harada Elementary, at 70%. Smaller groups are 12% Black, 8% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Harada Elementary's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
Harada Elementary counts 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.2 students for each one. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. About 90% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Riverside County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
In California, Harada Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 19.2% actual against a predicted 26.9%.
Riverside County census figures show that the median household income is $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 543 public schools in Riverside County, enrolling about 424,872 students in all.
REACH Leadership STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Harada Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Harada Elementary's average proficiency of 19.2% compares with 35.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Harada Elementary had 611 students in 2020-21 and 603 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.5:1 to 22.2:1.
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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
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Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
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Other Harada Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harada Elementary. Harada Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Harada ElementaryEastvale, CA · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- REACH Leadership STEAM Academy0.5 mi · 645
- University Heights Middle0.5 mi · 870
- John W. North High1.1 mi · 2,011
- Riverside STEM Academy1.4 mi · 665
- Longfellow Elementary1.9 mi · 701
- Emerson Elementary2.0 mi · 669
Frequently asked questions
About Harada ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harada Elementary?
Harada Elementary enrolls approximately 603 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Harada Elementary serve?
Harada Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Harada Elementary have?
Harada Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Harada Elementary?
Harada Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 70% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Harada Elementary?
Harada Elementary is overseen by Riverside Unified in Riverside County.
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