Parkridge Elementary

Parkridge Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in Corona, California, one of the schools within Corona-Norco Unified, with 634 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Corona-Norco Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 49,370 students; Parkridge Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Parkridge Elementary records that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 7% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Parkridge Elementary reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Parkridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.1%.

In the area at large, Riverside County reports that 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%. Parkridge Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Pivot Charter School Riverside is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkridge Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

Parkridge Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 800 students in 2018 compared to 634 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 88% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.