Hoffer Elementary

Located at 1115 East Hoffer St., in Banning, California, Hoffer Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus that caters to 367 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Banning Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Banning Unified runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,234 students. Hoffer Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hoffer Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%; the rest comes out to 9% Asian, 8% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Hoffer Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Hoffer Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.5%.

Zooming out to the 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Hoffer Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Florida Street Discovery Center, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoffer Elementary. On composite proficiency, Hoffer Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Hoffer Elementary's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 367). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 59% to 71% over that span.

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