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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580011026
La Jolla Elementary
14745 Willowgrove Pl., Moreno Valley, CA 92555 · (951) 571-4740 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
24.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
564 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
22.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 16.4% | 21.0% | 49.3% |
| Math | 8.2% | 14.7% | 24.6% | 52.4% |
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 | 29.8% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 26.1% | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.2% | 21.3% |
| 2018-19 | 32.4% | 27.7% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 27.7% | 25.6% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 La Jolla Elementary
La Jolla Elementary's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Elementary this school | 671 | 84.1% | 27.0% |
| Victoriano Elementary Moreno Valley | 608 | 83.9% | 44.4% |
| John and Jacquelyn Miller Elementary Lancaster | 697 | 81.2% | 33.8% |
| Marina Vista Elementary Pittsburg | 612 | 81.2% | 28.8% |
| Nancy Cory Elementary Lancaster | 728 | 79.1% | 29.4% |
| Powell Academy for Success Long Beach | 706 | 80.0% | 31.2% |
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 La Jolla Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,849 of 5,151 | #201 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #3,996 of 5,172 ▼ 272 | #200 of 283 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #4,012 of 5,172 ▼ 219 | #209 of 283 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,100 of 5,116 | #131 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #888 of 5,915 | #124 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,323 of 5,352 | #249 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,606 of 5,354 | #71 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,760 of 5,625 | #136 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #2,499 of 3,837 | #132 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
671
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 671 | 27.1 | 24.8:1 | 84% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 28 | 25.1:1 | 84% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 28.5 | 24.1:1 | 69% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 29 | 24.4:1 | 86% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 30 | 25.3:1 | 77% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 31 | 27.2:1 | 73% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | N/A | N/A | 62% (508) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Jolla Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (758 to 671); teachers down 10% (30 to 27.1).
About La Jolla Elementary
La Jolla Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Moreno Valley, California. Enrollment totals 671 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 44% above the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Moreno Valley Unified has 31,001 students in 38 schools, and La Jolla Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at La Jolla Elementary is 56% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 23% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at La Jolla Elementary, there are about 24.8 students; the school has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. There are 564 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 84% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
Among California public elementary schools, La Jolla Elementary outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
La Jolla Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.0% and a predicted 30.3%.
The school's county is Riverside County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Riverside County number 543, with about 424,872 students.
Measured in a straight line, Landmark Middle is about 0.4 miles from La Jolla Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, La Jolla Elementary is behind the 28.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES assigns La Jolla Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning 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, enrollment decreased from 707 to 671, a 5% decline.
La Jolla Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
Other La Jolla Elementary schools
One other US public school is named La Jolla Elementary. La Jolla Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- La Jolla ElementaryLa Jolla, CA · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Landmark Middle0.4 mi · 849
- Ridge Crest Elementary0.9 mi · 575
- Moreno Elementary1.2 mi · 809
- Vista del Lago High1.6 mi · 1,924
- Valley View High1.9 mi · 2,699
- Mountain View Middle2.0 mi · 1,114
Frequently asked questions
About La Jolla ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at La Jolla Elementary?
La Jolla Elementary enrolls approximately 671 students in grades KG-05.
Is La Jolla Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
La Jolla Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does La Jolla Elementary have?
La Jolla Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at La Jolla Elementary?
At La Jolla Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 56% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees La Jolla Elementary?
La Jolla Elementary is overseen by Moreno Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.