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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRIS ELEMENTARY·NCES 063018004711
Perris Elementary
500 A St., Perris, CA 92571 · (951) 657-2124 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
534 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
20.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.5pp since 2014
Math
15.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.2% | 13.3% | 22.6% | 56.9% |
| Math | 4.8% | 10.3% | 22.1% | 62.8% |
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 | 20.5% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 18.9% | 14.7% |
| 2021-22 | 20.3% | 12.2% |
| 2018-19 | 21.1% | 16.1% |
| 2017-18 | 25.9% | 20.7% |
| 2016-17 | 29.0% | 22.8% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Perris Elementary
Perris Elementary's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perris Elementary this school | 617 | 86.5% | 18.0% |
| Pittman Charter Stockton | 619 | 85.8% | 28.6% |
| Fremont Elementary Riverside | 593 | 88.0% | 29.8% |
| J.P. Kelley Elementary Rialto | 661 | 87.1% | 23.0% |
| Joshua Circle Elementary Hesperia | 643 | 84.8% | 11.5% |
| Citrus Elementary Fontana | 596 | 86.4% | 30.2% |
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 Perris Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,746 of 5,151 | #263 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #4,742 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #254 of 283 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #4,809 of 5,172 ▼ 125 | #272 of 283 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,804 of 5,116 | #180 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #1,250 of 5,915 | #160 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,551 of 5,352 | #167 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #4,354 of 5,354 | #235 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1,520 of 5,625 | #115 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #856 of 3,837 | #26 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
617
-53 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 617 | 26 | 23.7:1 | 87% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 37 | 22.1:1 | 84% (685) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 30 | 22.8:1 | 87% (594) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 29 | 23.1:1 | 78% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 93% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 25 | 24.4:1 | 89% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | N/A | N/A | 93% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 771 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 88% (675) |
| 1990-91 | 911 | 33 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perris Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (830 to 617); teachers down 32% (38 to 26).
About Perris Elementary
Perris Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Perris, California. Students in kindergarten through 7 make up the school's enrollment of 617 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Perris Elementary is its own local education agency in federal data.
By race and ethnicity, Perris Elementary is 88% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 6% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Perris Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.7:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. At Perris Elementary, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Perris Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (18.0%) and its predicted rate (28.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In the surrounding county, Riverside County, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Perris Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Young Explorers Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from Perris Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Perris Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 20.8%, higher than Perris Elementary's 18.0%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 670 students in 2020-21 to 617 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Perris Elementary. 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 Perris Elementary
- Innovative Horizons CharterElementary · 894 students
- Skyview ElementaryElementary · 725 students
- Railway ElementaryElementary · 715 students
- Palms ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Clearwater ElementaryElementary · 651 students
- Good Hope ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Perris
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Perris HighHigh · 2,096 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- California Military InstituteHigh · 1,031 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Young Explorers Academy0.1 mi · 150
- Scholar Plus Online Learning0.6 mi · 19
- Perris Lake High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 228
- California Military Institute0.7 mi · 1,031
- Pathways for Adult Life Skills1.0 mi · 130
- Pinacate Middle1.1 mi · 952
Frequently asked questions
About Perris ElementaryHow large is Perris Elementary?
Perris Elementary enrolls approximately 617 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does Perris Elementary serve?
Perris Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at Perris Elementary?
Approximately 23.7:1 students per teacher at Perris Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perris Elementary?
At Perris Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Perris Elementary public or private?
Perris Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perris Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.