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Enrollment
1,033
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315011719
Mark Twain Elementary
19411 Krameria Ave., Riverside, CA 92508 · (951) 789-8170 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,033 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
553 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 180 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 153 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (180) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (153).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
55.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.8% | 28.3% | 20.9% | 23.9% |
| Math | 24.2% | 21.1% | 30.1% | 24.7% |
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 | 55.2% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 50.3% |
| 2021-22 | 59.9% | 51.0% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.5% | 53.1% |
| 2016-17 | 60.6% | 53.6% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Elementary this school | 1,033 | 53.5% | 51.3% |
| Summerwind Trails Calimesa | 1,107 | 51.6% | 44.1% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Riverside | 864 | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| Taawila Elementary Menifee | 803 | 49.8% | 57.1% |
| Harvest Hill S.T.E.A.M. Academy Winchester | 1,196 | 48.7% | 48.4% |
| Southshore Elementary Menifee | 843 | 59.3% | 41.6% |
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 Mark Twain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #1,634 of 5,151 | #51 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,902 of 5,172 ▼ 289 | #65 of 283 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,682 of 5,172 ▼ 190 | #60 of 283 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #534 of 5,116 | #15 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,033 | #58 of 5,915 | #11 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,903 of 5,352 | #281 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #980 of 5,354 | #34 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #3,769 of 5,625 | #260 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #3,341 of 3,837 | #183 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
1,033
+44 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 1,033
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 1,033 | 39.5 | 26.1:1 | 54% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 1,038 | 41 | 25.3:1 | 31% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 1,019 | 39 | 26.1:1 | 50% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 989 | 37 | 26.7:1 | 51% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 1,086 | 41.2 | 26.4:1 | 40% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 1,073 | 42 | 25.6:1 | 39% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 1,033 | N/A | N/A | 33% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,086 to 1,033); teachers down 4% (41.2 to 39.5).
About Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary is a large elementary school with its address in Riverside, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,033 students in kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 122% higher.
Riverside Unified enrolls 38,002 students, and its 48 schools include Mark Twain Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Mark Twain Elementary, at 48%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 13% Asian, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.1:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 26.1:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Mark Twain Elementary is 54%. The 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 20 points higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mark Twain Elementary is 3.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 51.3% actual, 48.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In Riverside County (population about 2,478,600), the median household income is $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Mark Twain Elementary is one of 543 public schools in the county.
Martin Luther King Jr. High is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mark Twain Elementary. By average proficiency, Mark Twain Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Mark Twain Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 44 students since 2020-21, to 1,033.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mark Twain Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Riverside Unified
- 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
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 886 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 Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary is the largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLynwood, CA · 542 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryAngels Camp, CA · 507 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryCorcoran, CA · 454 students
- Mark Twain ElementarySacramento, CA · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. High0.6 mi · 2,699
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.0 mi · 767
- Amelia Earhart Middle1.1 mi · 743
- Tomas Rivera Elementary1.2 mi · 699
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.3 mi · 864
- Frank Augustus Miller Middle1.5 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain ElementaryHow large is Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary enrolls approximately 1,033 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mark Twain Elementary serve?
Mark Twain Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Mark Twain Elementary have?
Mark Twain Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mark Twain Elementary?
At Mark Twain Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 48% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Elementary public or private?
Mark Twain Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.