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If you had an hour of school board time for Rail Ranch Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002909511
Rail Ranch Elementary
25030 Via Santee Rd., Murrieta, CA 92563 · (951) 696-1404 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
25.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
383 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
50.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
43.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.8% | 26.5% | 25.6% | 24.1% |
| Math | 17.3% | 26.0% | 32.2% | 24.5% |
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 | 50.3% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 45.4% |
| 2018-19 | 63.4% | 60.7% |
| 2017-18 | 62.3% | 59.6% |
| 2016-17 | 58.1% | 54.5% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Rail Ranch Elementary
Rail Ranch Elementary's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Ranch Elementary this school | 603 | 63.5% | 44.0% |
| Vail Elementary Temecula | 563 | 64.8% | 37.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary Fresno | 631 | 62.3% | 57.6% |
| E. Hale Curran Elementary Murrieta | 575 | 62.6% | 45.7% |
| Avaxat Elementary Murrieta | 617 | 68.7% | 34.1% |
| Stockdale Elementary Bakersfield | 587 | 60.3% | 55.5% |
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 Rail Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,155 of 5,151 | #84 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #2,044 of 5,172 ▲ 296 | #70 of 283 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #2,006 of 5,172 ▲ 305 | #76 of 283 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #1,661 of 5,116 | #65 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #1,365 of 5,915 | #168 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,726 of 5,352 | #269 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #1,104 of 5,354 | #43 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #3,304 of 5,625 | #228 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #3,283 of 3,837 | #178 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
603
-57 (-9%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 27.5:1
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 | 603 | 23.5 | 25.7:1 | 64% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 25.2 | 25.4:1 | 60% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 24 | 26.7:1 | 54% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 24 | 27.5:1 | 46% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 23.2 | 27.5:1 | 49% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 20 | 29.4:1 | 41% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | N/A | N/A | 36% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 996 | 48 | 20.8:1 | 17% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 24 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rail Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (637 to 603); teachers up 1% (23.2 to 23.5).
About Rail Ranch Elementary
Rail Ranch Elementary is a public elementary school run by Murrieta Valley Unified in Murrieta, California. Its enrollment is 603 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 30% above average.
Rail Ranch Elementary is one school in a 20-school district, Murrieta Valley Unified, which enrolls 21,621 students.
About 51% of the student body at Rail Ranch Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 24% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. Riverside County residents are about 51% Hispanic, a similar share. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Rail Ranch Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 25.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rail Ranch Elementary, which has 23.5. The school's 25.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 64%. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
On the allk12 Grade, Rail Ranch Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 51% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.3%.
The county, Riverside County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $93,074 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rail Ranch Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Rail Ranch Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Alta Murrieta Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rail Ranch Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% drop, from 660 to 603. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 27.5:1 in 2020-21 to 25.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Rail Ranch Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Murrieta Valley Unified
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Nearby schools
- Alta Murrieta Elementary0.9 mi · 849
- Avaxat Elementary1.0 mi · 617
- Antelope Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 839
- Vista Murrieta High1.3 mi · 3,328
- Shivela Middle1.5 mi · 1,282
- Monte Vista Elementary1.6 mi · 769
Frequently asked questions
About Rail Ranch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rail Ranch Elementary?
Rail Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 603 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rail Ranch Elementary serve?
Rail Ranch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rail Ranch Elementary?
Approximately 25.7:1 students per teacher at Rail Ranch Elementary.
How diverse is Rail Ranch Elementary?
Rail Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 51% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Rail Ranch Elementary in?
Rail Ranch Elementary is part of Murrieta Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.