Jacob Wiens Elementary

Jacob Wiens Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Hemet, California, run under Hemet Unified, with 580 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.

Hemet Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 22,778 students; Jacob Wiens Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Jacob Wiens Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 14% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jacob Wiens Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jacob Wiens Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.1%, the actual is 14.4%, a residual of -7.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Jacob Wiens Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Academy of Innovation, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jacob Wiens Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jacob Wiens Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 18.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Jacob Wiens Elementary's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 580). Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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