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What tradition at Jacob Wiens Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692010349
Jacob Wiens Elementary
935 East Campus Way, Hemet, CA 92543 · (951) 929-3734 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
559 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
25.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
14.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 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 up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.4% | 15.1% | 22.9% | 51.6% |
| Math | 2.8% | 11.3% | 22.5% | 63.4% |
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 | 25.4% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 11.8% |
| 2022-23 | 18.8% | 9.4% |
| 2021-22 | 15.7% | 8.6% |
| 2018-19 | 25.0% | 18.6% |
| 2017-18 | 25.9% | 22.5% |
| 2016-17 | 19.2% | 18.3% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Jacob Wiens Elementary
Jacob Wiens Elementary's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Wiens Elementary this school | 580 | 96.4% | 17.0% |
| Stine Elementary Bakersfield | 615 | 93.5% | 20.1% |
| McKinley Elementary Bakersfield | 628 | 97.6% | 13.3% |
| Deborah A. Williams Elementary Fresno | 582 | 95.9% | 21.3% |
| One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary Gardena | 554 | 96.0% | 34.9% |
| Honey Hollow Elementary Moreno Valley | 632 | 92.2% | 24.2% |
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 Jacob Wiens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #4,818 of 5,151 | #270 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #4,828 of 5,172 ▲ 99 | #262 of 283 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,441 of 5,172 ▲ 480 | #245 of 283 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #973 of 5,116 | #49 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,562 of 5,915 | #186 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,443 of 5,352 | #82 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #3,146 of 5,354 | #141 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #273 of 5,625 | #8 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #1,344 of 3,837 | #61 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
580
-39 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 580 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 96% (559) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 95% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 95% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 26 | 23.8:1 | 97% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 29.5 | 24.8:1 | 97% (712) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 31 | 25.7:1 | 97% (776) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | N/A | N/A | 96% (728) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacob Wiens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (731 to 580); teachers down 12% (29.5 to 26).
About Jacob Wiens Elementary
Jacob Wiens Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Hemet, California, administered by Hemet Unified. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 580 students. It has 25% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Enrollment across the 27 schools in Hemet Unified totals 22,778 students.
At Jacob Wiens Elementary, 72% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 14% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. The diversity index for Jacob Wiens Elementary is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Jacob Wiens Elementary comes to 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.3:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Jacob Wiens Elementary counts 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
On the allk12 Grade, Jacob Wiens Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 17% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jacob Wiens Elementary is -6.1 points: 17.0% actual, 23.1% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Riverside County, median household income comes to about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 543, with about 424,872 students.
Jacob Wiens Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Academy of Innovation, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Jacob Wiens Elementary ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.0% against a local average of 19.5%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 619 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 580 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.8:1 to 22.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Jacob Wiens Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other schools in Hemet
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Innovation0.3 mi · 545
- Acacia Middle0.7 mi · 958
- Hemet Elementary0.7 mi · 783
- Whittier Elementary0.8 mi · 816
- Ramona Elementary1.0 mi · 702
- Alessandro High1.1 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Jacob Wiens ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jacob Wiens Elementary?
Jacob Wiens Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jacob Wiens Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jacob Wiens Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Jacob Wiens Elementary have?
Jacob Wiens Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Jacob Wiens Elementary?
Student demographics at Jacob Wiens Elementary are roughly 8% White, 72% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Jacob Wiens Elementary public or private?
Jacob Wiens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hemet Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.