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What advice would you give to incoming students at James Madison Elementary?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111009785
James Madison Elementary
80-845 Avenue 46, Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 775-3850 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
377 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
20.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.0pp since 2014
Math
10.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.0% | 12.0% | 25.1% | 54.9% |
| Math | 2.8% | 7.5% | 20.2% | 69.5% |
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 | 20.0% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.1% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.7% | 8.4% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 12.6% |
| 2018-19 | 34.3% | 24.9% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 28.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.9% | 22.7% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 James Madison Elementary
James Madison Elementary's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Elementary this school | 403 | 93.5% | 16.7% |
| Marshall Elementary San Bernardino | 384 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Hamilton Elementary Hamilton City | 393 | 91.3% | 18.2% |
| Franklin Elementary Santa Barbara | 424 | 91.0% | 52.3% |
| Ann Soldo Elementary Watsonville | 377 | 92.8% | 14.7% |
| Castle Rock Elementary Woodlake | 418 | 91.6% | 30.7% |
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 James Madison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,834 of 5,151 | #271 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #5,027 of 5,172 ▼ 696 | #280 of 283 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,835 of 5,172 ▼ 114 | #275 of 283 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,096 of 5,116 | #36 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #3,660 of 5,915 | #270 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,525 of 5,352 | #161 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #4,423 of 5,354 | #236 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #633 of 5,625 | #28 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #869 of 3,837 | #28 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
403
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 403 | 17 | 23.7:1 | 94% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 16 | 23.5:1 | 91% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 16 | 23.6:1 | 85% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 85% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 21 | 25.7:1 | 84% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 86% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | N/A | N/A | 76% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 45 | 21.1:1 | 52% (490) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 25 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (540 to 403); teachers down 19% (21 to 17).
About James Madison Elementary
Students in Indio, California, attend James Madison Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 403 students.
Desert Sands Unified has 25,613 students in 34 schools, and James Madison Elementary is one of those schools.
At James Madison Elementary, 89% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. The diversity index for James Madison Elementary is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at James Madison Elementary, giving a ratio of 23.7:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 377 students, or 94%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.7% for James Madison Elementary. The school posts 16.7%, 8.0 points below the prediction.
For Riverside County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Indio Middle, is the closest to James Madison Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 25.7% proficiency; James Madison Elementary posts 16.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 423 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 403 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 21.1:1 to 23.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Desert Sands Unified
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,425 students
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Indio
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Indio MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Other James Madison Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named James Madison Elementary. James Madison Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- James Madison ElementaryMadera, CA · 739 students
- James Madison ElementarySheboygan, WI · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Indio Middle0.6 mi · 768
- John F. Kennedy Elementary0.8 mi · 390
- Indio High0.9 mi · 1,962
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary1.0 mi · 560
- Carrillo Ranch Elementary1.2 mi · 459
- John Glenn Middle School of International Studies1.2 mi · 1,099
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison ElementaryHow large is James Madison Elementary?
James Madison Elementary enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
Is James Madison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Madison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at James Madison Elementary?
Approximately 23.7:1 students per teacher at James Madison Elementary.
How diverse is James Madison Elementary?
James Madison Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is James Madison Elementary public or private?
James Madison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.