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Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANNING UNIFIED·NCES 060384000351
Hoffer Elementary
1115 East Hoffer St., Banning, CA 92220 · (951) 922-0257 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
340 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hoffer Elementary→Nicolet Middle
Based on grade levels within Banning Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.2pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 18.5% | 21.5% | 50.3% |
| Math | 2.6% | 12.8% | 22.6% | 62.0% |
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 | 28.2% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 12.9% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 13.1% |
| 2021-22 | 17.9% | 10.3% |
| 2018-19 | 20.6% | 14.1% |
| 2017-18 | 20.3% | 15.9% |
| 2016-17 | 23.1% | 15.3% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Hoffer Elementary
Hoffer Elementary's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffer Elementary this school | 367 | 92.6% | 19.6% |
| Pinedale Elementary Pinedale | 433 | 91.2% | 26.9% |
| Joyner Elementary San Diego | 410 | 93.7% | 20.4% |
| Bancroft Elementary Spring Valley | 391 | 93.1% | 18.3% |
| Holland Elementary Fresno | 367 | 88.8% | 25.0% |
| Cahuilla Elementary Palm Springs | 399 | 91.5% | 27.9% |
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 Hoffer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #4,611 of 5,151 | #248 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,713 of 5,172 ▲ 126 | #251 of 283 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #4,159 of 5,172 ▲ 406 | #221 of 283 ▲ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #968 of 5,116 | #48 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #4,087 of 5,915 | #280 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,877 of 5,352 | #51 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #2,917 of 5,354 | #123 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #754 of 5,625 | #42 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #530 of 3,837 | #12 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
367
-128 (-26%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 367 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 93% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 20 | 21.7:1 | 87% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 88% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 95% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | N/A | N/A | 96% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 22 | 24.3:1 | 97% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | N/A | N/A | 99% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 85% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 30 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoffer Elementary.
About Hoffer Elementary
Hoffer Elementary is a small elementary school in California, with an address in Banning. The school serves 367 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Banning Unified includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 4,234 students.
A majority of students at Hoffer Elementary, 71%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 9% Asian, 8% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Hoffer Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The school has about 21.6 students per teacher and 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Hoffer Elementary is 5.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (19.6% versus 25.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Riverside County show that median household income is about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
Of nearby public schools, Florida Street Discovery Center is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 19.6% is below the 31.9% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Hoffer Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hoffer Elementary went from 495 students to 367. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.6:1 to 21.6:1.
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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 Banning Unified
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Nicolet MiddleMiddle · 966 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hemmerling ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Cabazon ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
Other schools in Banning
- Banning HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Nicolet MiddleMiddle · 966 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 782 students
- Hemmerling ElementaryElementary · 468 students
- Florida Street Discovery CenterElementary · 86 students
- Banning Independent StudyCombined · 84 students
Nearby schools
- Florida Street Discovery Center0.3 mi · 86
- Banning Independent Study0.6 mi · 84
- Nicolet Middle0.7 mi · 966
- Central Elementary0.8 mi · 782
- Banning High1.4 mi · 1,145
- New Horizon High1.4 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Hoffer ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hoffer Elementary?
Hoffer Elementary enrolls approximately 367 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hoffer Elementary serve?
Hoffer Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hoffer Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Hoffer Elementary.
How diverse is Hoffer Elementary?
Hoffer Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 71% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hoffer Elementary in?
Hoffer Elementary is part of Banning Unified.
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