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What do you wish you knew before starting at Moreno Elementary?
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Enrollment
809
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580003867
Moreno Elementary
13700 Nason St., Moreno Valley, CA 92555 · (951) 571-4620 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL809 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-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
24.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
671 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 | 159 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (159) is 54% larger than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
52%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Moreno Elementary→Bayside Community Day
Based on grade levels within Moreno Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
17.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.6pp 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 17 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 3 points 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 | 12.2% | 18.2% | 29.6% | 40.0% |
| Math | 4.7% | 12.7% | 32.5% | 50.1% |
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 | 30.4% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.6% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.6% | 32.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.6% | 33.3% |
| 2016-17 | 36.0% | 33.5% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Moreno Elementary
Moreno Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno Elementary this school | 809 | 82.9% | 22.7% |
| Vista Verde Elementary Victorville | 774 | 83.9% | 24.9% |
| Lasselle Elementary Moreno Valley | 812 | 80.3% | 34.2% |
| Robinson Academy Long Beach | 708 | 83.1% | 25.3% |
| TownGate Elementary Moreno Valley | 685 | 86.0% | 28.6% |
| Addams Elementary Long Beach | 717 | 85.1% | 30.0% |
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 Moreno Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,309 of 5,151 | #226 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,530 of 5,172 ▼ 143 | #235 of 283 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,952 of 5,172 ▲ 238 | #205 of 283 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #1,332 of 5,116 | #45 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 809 | #366 of 5,915 | #58 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,114 of 5,352 | #231 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #2,587 of 5,354 | #105 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #1,879 of 5,625 | #145 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +68.9% | #20 of 1,139 | #2 of 66 |
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
809
+349 (+76%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 809 | 33 | 24.5:1 | 83% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 30.5 | 24.1:1 | 86% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 23.1 | 20.7:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 81% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 21 | 22.8:1 | 76% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 79% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | N/A | N/A | 77% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 70% (410) |
| 1990-91 | 799 | 31 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moreno Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 69% (479 to 809); teachers up 57% (21 to 33).
About Moreno Elementary
Moreno Elementary is a public elementary school in Moreno Valley, California. It enrolled 809 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 74% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Moreno Elementary is a school in Moreno Valley Unified. The district has 38 schools and 31,001 students.
At 67%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Moreno Elementary combined. Other students are 16% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County residents are about 51% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Moreno Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school employs the equivalent of 33 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Moreno Elementary is 83%. For comparison, public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Moreno Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Moreno Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.7% and a predicted 30.9%.
Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: median household income is about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
Nearest public school: Valley View High, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.1%; Moreno Elementary's is 22.7%, ranking 6th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Moreno Elementary reported 460 students in 2020-21 and 809 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 24.5:1, from 20.9:1.
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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 Moreno Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Moreno Elementary. Moreno Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Moreno ElementaryMontclair, CA · 428 students
- Moreno Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 697 students
- Moreno Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View High0.7 mi · 2,699
- Mountain View Middle0.8 mi · 1,114
- Audeo Valley Charter1.0 mi · 238
- La Jolla Elementary1.2 mi · 671
- Bear Valley Elementary1.3 mi · 721
- Journey1.5 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Moreno ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Moreno Elementary?
Moreno Elementary enrolls approximately 809 students in grades KG-06.
Is Moreno Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moreno Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Moreno Elementary?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Moreno Elementary.
How diverse is Moreno Elementary?
Moreno Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 67% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Moreno Elementary in?
Moreno Elementary is part of Moreno Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.