Mecca Elementary

Located at 65250 Coahuilla St., in Mecca, California, Mecca Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that instructs 677 students (grades K through 6), operated by Coachella Valley Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 46% above the state mean of about 465.

Mecca Elementary is one of 21 schools operated by Coachella Valley Unified, a district that serves 15,817 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mecca Elementary shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mecca Elementary logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 97% of students at Mecca Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mecca Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Riverside County shows median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Mecca Elementary is one.

Saul Martinez Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mecca Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.

Mecca Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 677 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Mecca Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.