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What's something Ramona Elementary does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580011027
Ramona Elementary
24801 Bay Ave., Moreno Valley, CA 92553 · (951) 571-4720 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
24.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
484 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 567% larger than its 6th grade class (18).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ramona Elementary→Bayside Community Day
Based on grade levels within Moreno Valley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.2pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 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 up about 1 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 | 9.3% | 13.8% | 26.4% | 50.4% |
| Math | 5.3% | 10.2% | 23.2% | 61.4% |
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 | 23.2% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 11.4% |
| 2022-23 | 28.5% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 16.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.9% | 34.3% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| 2016-17 | 19.7% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramona Elementary this school | 528 | 91.7% | 17.2% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Ramona-Alessandro Elementary San Bernardino | 502 | 92.8% | 38.0% |
| Mary B. Lewis Elementary Bloomington | 548 | 93.1% | 24.3% |
| Oak Street Inglewood | 569 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Aspire East Palo Alto Charter East Palo Alto | 496 | 90.7% | N/A |
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 Ramona Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #4,802 of 5,151 | #268 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,706 of 5,172 ▲ 247 | #250 of 283 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #4,632 of 5,172 ▼ 53 | #260 of 283 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #762 of 5,116 | #26 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #2,114 of 5,915 | #218 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,764 of 5,352 | #197 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #3,986 of 5,354 | #207 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #876 of 5,625 | #55 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #858 of 3,837 | #27 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
528
-67 (-11%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 92% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 92% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 24.5 | 22.5:1 | 79% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 27 | 22.0:1 | 96% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 29 | 24.5:1 | 91% (644) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 30 | 27.1:1 | 92% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | N/A | N/A | 88% (676) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramona Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (710 to 528); teachers down 24% (29 to 22).
About Ramona Elementary
Ramona Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Moreno Valley, California, administered by Moreno Valley Unified. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 528 students in kindergarten through 6.
Moreno Valley Unified counts 31,001 students in its 38 schools, and Ramona Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 84% of enrollment at Ramona Elementary. The remaining shares are 7% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Riverside County's population at about 51%. Ramona Elementary's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 22 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
allk12 grades Ramona Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ramona Elementary's results are 8.6 points below predicted: 17.2% against 25.8%.
Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: the median household income is $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Riverside County has 543 public schools and roughly 424,872 students.
The nearest other public school, Leadership Military Academy, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Ramona Elementary's enrollment declined 11%, to 528. The school's ratio rose from 22.0:1 to 24.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
Other Ramona Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 1 state are named Ramona Elementary. Ramona Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Ramona ElementaryHemet, CA · 702 students
- Ramona ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 650 students
- Ramona ElementaryOxnard, CA · 568 students
- Ramona ElementaryMontclair, CA · 556 students
- Ramona ElementaryBellflower, CA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Leadership Military Academy0.3 mi · 119
- March Valley0.5 mi · 95
- March Mountain High0.5 mi · 255
- Journey0.8 mi · 570
- Moreno Valley Online Academy0.8 mi · 722
- Bayside Community Day0.8 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About Ramona ElementaryHow many students attend Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Ramona Elementary serve?
Ramona Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ramona Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ramona Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ramona Elementary?
Ramona Elementary is overseen by Moreno Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.