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If you could change one rule at Nicolas Valley Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMECULA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002809684
Nicolas Valley Elementary
39600 North General Kearney Rd., Temecula, CA 92591 · (951) 695-7180 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
314 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 137 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
55.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
48.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.9pp 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 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 27.7% | 19.5% | 25.1% |
| Math | 21.0% | 27.1% | 21.9% | 30.0% |
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 | 55.4% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 50.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.6% | 51.9% |
| 2021-22 | 58.2% | 45.1% |
| 2018-19 | 69.5% | 58.5% |
| 2017-18 | 63.7% | 47.5% |
| 2016-17 | 53.8% | 46.2% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Nicolas Valley Elementary
Nicolas Valley Elementary's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Valley Elementary this school | 691 | 45.4% | 52.2% |
| Ivey Ranch Elementary Oceanside | 698 | 42.6% | 58.4% |
| Murdock Elementary La Mesa | 608 | 43.1% | 57.2% |
| Antelope Hills Elementary Murrieta | 839 | 45.1% | 59.6% |
| Almondale Elementary Bakersfield | 631 | 45.0% | 42.9% |
| Century Elementary Clovis | 722 | 40.7% | 66.7% |
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 Nicolas Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,577 of 5,151 | #48 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,710 of 5,172 ▼ 226 | #56 of 283 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,662 of 5,172 ▼ 94 | #59 of 283 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,281 of 5,116 | #206 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #806 of 5,915 | #113 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #3,008 of 5,352 | #119 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #758 of 5,354 | #27 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #4,110 of 5,625 | #273 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,476 of 3,837 | #127 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
691
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 691 | 30 | 23.0:1 | 45% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 44% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 33% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 30 | 24.4:1 | 39% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 32 | 24.4:1 | 39% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 29 | 26.3:1 | 33% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | N/A | N/A | 33% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 1,129 | 58 | 19.5:1 | 15% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 17 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicolas Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (782 to 691); teachers down 6% (32 to 30).
About Nicolas Valley Elementary
Nicolas Valley Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Temecula, California. Its enrollment is 691 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 49% bigger than average.
The district, Temecula Valley Unified, operates 30 schools serving 26,274 students.
Of every 100 students at Nicolas Valley Elementary, about 41 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 34% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show Riverside County is about 51% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 23.0:1 is based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.9% at Nicolas Valley Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.2%.
Looking at the county, Riverside County, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Nicolas Valley Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Nicolas Valley Elementary's nearest public school is Temecula International Academy (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Nicolas Valley Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decrease, from 732 to 691. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.4:1 to 23.0:1.
Nicolas Valley Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Temecula Valley Unified
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Bella Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,249 students
- Temecula MiddleMiddle · 1,012 students
- Erle Stanley Gardner MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
Other schools in Temecula
- River Springs CharterCombined · 7,703 students
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Empire Springs CharterCombined · 1,854 students
- Elite Academic Academy - LucerneCombined · 1,070 students
Nearby schools
- Temecula International Academy0.0 mi · 285
- MethodSchools0.9 mi · 428
- Warm Springs Middle1.4 mi · 755
- Chaparral High1.4 mi · 3,136
- Alamos Elementary1.5 mi · 799
- Rancho Elementary1.5 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Nicolas Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Nicolas Valley Elementary?
Nicolas Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 691 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Nicolas Valley Elementary serve?
Nicolas Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nicolas Valley Elementary?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Nicolas Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nicolas Valley Elementary?
At Nicolas Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 41% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Nicolas Valley Elementary?
Nicolas Valley Elementary is overseen by Temecula Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.