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What's one thing Martin Van Buren Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111001233
Martin Van Buren Elementary
47-733 Van Buren St., Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 775-3870 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- A-Beats 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
24.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
493 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
12%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
42.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.7% | 22.3% | 21.6% | 36.4% |
| Math | 14.2% | 20.6% | 29.6% | 35.6% |
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 | 42.0% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 32.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 29.4% |
| 2018-19 | 66.1% | 54.5% |
| 2017-18 | 60.6% | 55.7% |
| 2016-17 | 61.8% | 49.3% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Martin Van Buren Elementary
Martin Van Buren Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Van Buren Elementary this school | 533 | 92.5% | 36.1% |
| Philadelphia Elementary Pomona | 535 | 92.0% | 23.8% |
| Telfair Avenue Elementary Pacoima | 534 | 92.3% | 30.7% |
| Woodlawn Avenue Elementary Bell | 523 | 92.2% | 33.0% |
| Montara Avenue Elementary South Gate | 554 | 93.3% | 43.4% |
| Kerman-Floyd Elementary Kerman | 567 | 93.8% | 29.8% |
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 Martin Van Buren Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,856 of 5,151 | #118 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #2,762 of 5,172 ▲ 45 | #106 of 283 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,726 of 5,172 ▲ 530 | #123 of 283 ▲ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #2,529 of 5,116 | #158 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #2,055 of 5,915 | #215 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,912 of 5,352 | #216 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #4,851 of 5,354 | #268 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #771 of 5,625 | #49 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #1,914 of 3,837 | #90 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
533
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 533 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 92% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 23.1 | 23.2:1 | 95% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 88% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 22 | 25.9:1 | 96% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 27 | 23.5:1 | 90% (572) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 90% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | N/A | N/A | 91% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 89% (547) |
| 1990-91 | 675 | 24 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Van Buren Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (634 to 533); teachers down 19% (27 to 22).
About Martin Van Buren Elementary
Martin Van Buren Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Indio, California. A federal count lists 533 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Desert Sands Unified (34 schools, 25,613 students) runs Martin Van Buren Elementary.
The student body at Martin Van Buren Elementary is 94% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 51%. Martin Van Buren Elementary's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Martin Van Buren Elementary's 22 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 24.2:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. The rate at public schools in Riverside County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Martin Van Buren Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Martin Van Buren Elementary would be expected to post about 25.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.1%.
Within Riverside County, the median household income is $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Martin Van Buren Elementary, Riverside County has 542 other public schools.
The school nearest to Martin Van Buren Elementary is Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Martin Van Buren Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Martin Van Buren 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.
Over 4 years, Martin Van Buren Elementary's enrollment declined 6%, to 533. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.9 to 24.2 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Martin Van Buren Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 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
Nearby schools
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary0.9 mi · 490
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.2 mi · 591
- Cesar Chavez Elementary1.2 mi · 622
- Imagine Schools Riverside County1.6 mi · 1,454
- Amistad High (Continuation)1.7 mi · 192
- Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S.1.7 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Van Buren ElementaryHow many students attend Martin Van Buren Elementary?
Martin Van Buren Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Martin Van Buren Elementary serve?
Martin Van Buren Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Van Buren Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Van Buren Elementary is approximately 24.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Van Buren Elementary?
At Martin Van Buren Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Martin Van Buren Elementary public or private?
Martin Van Buren 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.