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What advice would you give to incoming students at Lake Hills Elementary?
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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVORD UNIFIED·NCES 060243012032
Lake Hills Elementary
16346 Village Meadow Dr., Riverside, CA 92503 · (951) 358-1620 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
22.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
360 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 141 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (141) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
67.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
63.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.8% | 32.3% | 18.4% | 14.5% |
| Math | 33.7% | 30.1% | 22.0% | 14.2% |
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 | 67.0% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 59.3% |
| 2022-23 | 66.9% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 59.8% |
| 2018-19 | 68.7% | 62.8% |
| 2017-18 | 70.0% | 63.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.0% | 60.5% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Lake Hills Elementary
Lake Hills Elementary's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hills Elementary this school | 638 | 56.4% | 62.9% |
| Lake Forest Elementary Lake Forest | 640 | 55.3% | 48.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary Fresno | 611 | 57.1% | 51.5% |
| Edgewater Elementary Marysville | 540 | 58.7% | 33.7% |
| Mary Ann Sanders Elementary Modesto | 558 | 55.0% | 46.9% |
| Brock Elliott Elementary Manteca | 758 | 60.3% | 28.5% |
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 Lake Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #982 of 5,151 | #14 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #885 of 5,172 ▲ 169 | #10 of 283 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #903 of 5,172 ▲ 241 | #16 of 283 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #1,771 of 5,116 | #103 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #1,107 of 5,915 | #145 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,815 of 5,352 | #106 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #1,362 of 5,354 | #57 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #3,623 of 5,625 | #251 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,169 of 3,837 | #43 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
638
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 638 | 28 | 22.8:1 | 56% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 28.1 | 23.1:1 | 56% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 26.2 | 24.3:1 | 56% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 44% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 32 | 25.6:1 | 46% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 34 | 25.6:1 | 42% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (820 to 638); teachers down 12% (32 to 28).
About Lake Hills Elementary
Lake Hills Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Riverside, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 638 students. The school is 37% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Lake Hills Elementary is a school in Alvord Unified. The district has 23 schools and 16,432 students.
The student body at Lake Hills Elementary is 54% Hispanic. The school is also 18% White, 18% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among Riverside County residents, the Hispanic share is about 51%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
There are about 22.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Lake Hills Elementary, which has 28. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Hills Elementary lands at A, ahead of 93% of California public elementary schools.
Lake Hills Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.4 points (62.9% versus 46.5%), a top-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
In Riverside County, home to about 2,478,600 people, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lake Hills Elementary shares Riverside County with 542 other public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Hillcrest High, is the closest to Lake Hills Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 38.2% proficiency; Lake Hills Elementary posts 62.9%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 38 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.1:1 in 2020-21, and 22.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Lake Hills Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Alvord Unified
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 1,780 students
- La Sierra HighHigh · 1,514 students
- Ysmael Villegas MiddleMiddle · 1,136 students
- Loma Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,027 students
- Arizona MiddleMiddle · 804 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Other Lake Hills Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Hills Elementary. Lake Hills Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Lake Hills ElementaryBellevue, WA · 498 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolMichigan City, IN · 345 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolSPRING LAKE, MI · 273 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest High1.2 mi · 1,780
- Alvord High1.4 mi · 130
- Allan Orrenmaa Elementary1.4 mi · 507
- Ysmael Villegas Middle1.6 mi · 1,136
- Arizona Middle1.7 mi · 804
- Lake Mathews Elementary2.1 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Lake Hills Elementary?
Lake Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 638 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lake Hills Elementary serve?
Lake Hills Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Hills Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Hills Elementary is approximately 22.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Hills Elementary?
At Lake Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Hills Elementary?
Lake Hills Elementary is overseen by Alvord Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.