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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 766 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORONA-NORCO UNIFIED·NCES 060985001062
Parkridge Elementary
750 Corona Ave., Corona, CA 92879 · (951) 736-3236 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
606 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 128 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
29.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.1pp since 2014
Math
16.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.2pp 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 16 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 17.3% | 27.6% | 42.5% |
| Math | 6.6% | 9.6% | 21.4% | 62.4% |
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 | 29.9% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 13.3% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 15.7% |
| 2021-22 | 27.2% | 13.8% |
| 2018-19 | 40.2% | 19.2% |
| 2017-18 | 35.8% | 18.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.1% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Parkridge Elementary
Parkridge Elementary's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkridge Elementary this school | 634 | 95.6% | 20.8% |
| Addams Elementary Fresno | 748 | 96.0% | 20.5% |
| Meyler Street Elementary Torrance | 603 | 95.5% | 34.5% |
| Sunnymead Elementary Moreno Valley | 642 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield | 694 | 93.9% | 25.5% |
| Del Rosa Elementary San Bernardino | 659 | 92.6% | 16.4% |
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 Parkridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #4,511 of 5,151 | #240 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #4,641 of 5,172 ▲ 160 | #246 of 283 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,995 of 5,172 ▲ 318 | #208 of 283 ▲ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,465 of 5,116 | #155 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #1,128 of 5,915 | #149 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #2,090 of 5,352 | #60 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #3,532 of 5,354 | #168 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #373 of 5,625 | #13 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #1,329 of 3,837 | #59 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
634
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 907
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 27.3:1
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 | 634 | 29 | 21.9:1 | 96% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 95% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 96% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 24 | 27.3:1 | 81% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 32 | 25.0:1 | 91% (726) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 89% (708) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | N/A | N/A | 89% (773) |
| 2000-01 | 1,164 | 57 | 20.4:1 | 73% (852) |
| 1990-91 | 907 | 31 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (800 to 634); teachers down 9% (32 to 29).
About Parkridge Elementary
Federal records list Parkridge Elementary as an elementary school in Corona, California. It enrolled 634 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 36% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Corona-Norco Unified serves 49,370 students across 51 schools.
Parkridge Elementary is 78% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 7% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.5% for Parkridge Elementary. The school posts 20.8%, 2.7 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: the median household income is $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Parkridge Elementary, Riverside County has 542 other public schools.
The closest public school to Parkridge Elementary is Pivot Charter School Riverside, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Parkridge Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has fallen by 20 students since 2020-21, to 634. The school's ratio fell from 27.3:1 to 21.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Parkridge Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Corona-Norco Unified
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- Dr. Augustine Ramirez IntermediateMiddle · 1,228 students
Other schools in Corona
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- Centennial HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Corona HighHigh · 2,307 students
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- El Cerrito MiddleMiddle · 1,218 students
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Other Parkridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Parkridge Elementary. Parkridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Parkridge ElementaryPEORIA, AZ · 895 students
Nearby schools
- Pivot Charter School Riverside0.3 mi · 170
- Corona Ranch Elementary1.0 mi · 769
- Norco Elementary1.2 mi · 609
- George Washington Elementary1.2 mi · 861
- Auburndale Intermediate1.3 mi · 640
- Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students1.3 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Parkridge ElementaryHow many students attend Parkridge Elementary?
Parkridge Elementary enrolls approximately 634 students in grades KG-06.
Is Parkridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Parkridge Elementary?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Parkridge Elementary.
How diverse is Parkridge Elementary?
Parkridge Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 78% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parkridge Elementary public or private?
Parkridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Corona-Norco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.