Park Hill Elementary

Park Hill Elementary is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in San Jacinto, California, operated by San Jacinto Unified, with 824 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% above the state mean of about 465.

San Jacinto Unified runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,273 students. Park Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Park Hill Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 8% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Park Hill Elementary reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Park Hill Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Park Hill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Riverside County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Park Hill Elementary is one.

Estudillo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Park Hill Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Hill Elementary has ticked up 9%, going from 756 students in 2018 to 824 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 66% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Park Hill Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.