Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JURUPA UNIFIED·NCES 061926002316
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music
6110 45th St., Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 · (951) 222-7877 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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
22.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
293 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 35% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
16.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 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 down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.9% | 16.6% | 18.9% | 57.7% |
| Math | 5.2% | 11.5% | 26.4% | 56.9% |
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 | 23.4% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 17.3% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.9% | 16.2% |
| 2018-19 | 42.3% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.3% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 36.3% | 26.8% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Pacific Avenue Academy of Music
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Avenue Academy of Music this school | 352 | 83.2% | 20.4% |
| Granite Hill Elementary Jurupa Valley | 382 | 84.6% | 20.2% |
| McDowell Elementary Petaluma | 329 | 86.0% | 18.0% |
| Levi H. Dickey Elementary Ontario | 413 | 83.8% | 38.5% |
| Arbolita Elementary La Habra | 379 | 83.1% | 39.8% |
| Alicia Cortez Elementary Chino | 390 | 83.1% | 36.9% |
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 Pacific Avenue Academy of Music ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,552 of 5,151 | #244 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,600 of 5,172 ▼ 137 | #241 of 283 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #4,616 of 5,172 ▼ 242 | #258 of 283 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,329 of 5,116 | #210 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #4,254 of 5,915 | #282 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,182 of 5,352 | #66 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #4,056 of 5,354 | #214 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #1,858 of 5,625 | #142 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #695 of 1,139 | #38 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
352
+39 (+12%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
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 | 352 | 16 | 22.0:1 | 83% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 19.1 | 16.5:1 | 85% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 15.4 | 20.0:1 | 83% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 81% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 15.6 | 21.2:1 | 81% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 81% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | N/A | N/A | 80% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 69% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 25 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacific Avenue Academy of Music.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (331 to 352); teachers up 3% (15.6 to 16).
About Pacific Avenue Academy of Music
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is an elementary school in Jurupa Valley, California, reachable at (951) 222-7877. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 352 students. It has 24% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Jurupa Unified, which runs Pacific Avenue Academy of Music, has 24 schools and 17,739 students.
Of every 100 students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music, about 85 are Hispanic. Other students are 8% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music are from different groups.
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music has a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. The school has 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pacific Avenue Academy of Music lands at D, ahead of 10% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.8% at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that median household income comes to about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside County counts 543 public schools with about 424,872 students.
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is about 0.5 miles from Rubidoux High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 313 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 352 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 22.0:1, from 20.9:1.
The discussion board for Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Jurupa Unified
- Patriot HighHigh · 2,399 students
- Jurupa Valley HighHigh · 1,693 students
- Rubidoux HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Del Sol AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Jurupa MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- Sunnyslope ElementaryElementary · 819 students
Other schools in Jurupa Valley
- Patriot HighHigh · 2,399 students
- Jurupa Valley HighHigh · 1,693 students
- Rubidoux HighHigh · 1,259 students
- Del Sol AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Jurupa MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
- Louis VanderMolen Fundamental ElementaryElementary · 959 students
Nearby schools
- Rubidoux High0.5 mi · 1,259
- West Riverside Elementary0.7 mi · 648
- Rustic Lane Elementary0.9 mi · 519
- Mission Middle1.0 mi · 612
- Peralta Elementary1.2 mi · 443
- Ina Arbuckle Elementary1.4 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Pacific Avenue Academy of MusicWhat is the total enrollment at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Pacific Avenue Academy of Music serve?
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is approximately 22.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music reports a student body of 8% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?
Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is overseen by Jurupa Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.