Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Corona, California, part of Corona-Norco Unified. The school works with 561 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Jefferson Elementary sits 21% above that benchmark.

Corona-Norco Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 49,370 students; Jefferson Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson Elementary logs that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Riverside County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Corona Fundamental Intermediate, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 704 students in 2018 compared to 561 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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