Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED·NCES 062955004570
Rancho Mirage Elementary
42-985 Indian Trail Rd., Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 · (760) 836-3680 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
20.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
285 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
40.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
31.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 | 18.4% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 36.9% |
| Math | 14.5% | 17.3% | 25.7% | 42.5% |
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 | 40.8% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 41.2% |
| 2022-23 | 47.4% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 51.2% | 36.5% |
| 2018-19 | 55.5% | 47.3% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 46.1% |
| 2016-17 | 47.1% | 44.8% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Rancho Mirage Elementary
Rancho Mirage Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Mirage Elementary this school | 349 | 81.7% | 40.8% |
| Grover Beach Elementary Grover Beach | 368 | 82.3% | 27.4% |
| Dunlap Elementary Yucaipa | 382 | 83.0% | 25.9% |
| Woodbridge Lodi | 393 | 78.9% | 28.2% |
| Mentone Elementary Mentone | 378 | 79.1% | 36.0% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Norco | 395 | 80.3% | 40.2% |
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 Rancho Mirage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,405 of 5,151 | #92 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,035 of 5,172 ▼ 936 | #119 of 283 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,848 of 5,172 ▼ 887 | #133 of 283 ▼ 61 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.6pp | #246 of 5,116 | #8 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #4,291 of 5,915 | #284 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,297 of 5,352 | #26 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #2,722 of 5,354 | #111 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #2,010 of 5,625 | #155 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #1,059 of 3,837 | #36 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
349
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 349 | 16.9 | 20.6:1 | 82% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 15.6 | 21.5:1 | 81% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 15.1 | 20.5:1 | 86% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | 97% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 79% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 77% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | N/A | N/A | 68% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 76% (499) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 19 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Mirage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (455 to 349); teachers down 16% (20 to 16.9).
About Rancho Mirage Elementary
Rancho Mirage Elementary is a small elementary school in Rancho Mirage, California. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 349 students enrolled. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
Palm Springs Unified has 27 schools; together they serve 20,007 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Rancho Mirage Elementary is 65%, a majority. After that, the student body is 26% White, 3% Asian, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Riverside County is about 51% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.6:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 82%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 8 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Rancho Mirage Elementary outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Rancho Mirage Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.8% is 9.1 points above the 31.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Riverside County show the median household earns about $93,074 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rancho Mirage Elementary, Riverside County has 543 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Abraham Lincoln Elementary is about 2.8 miles from Rancho Mirage Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rancho Mirage Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 349 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 365. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 22.8:1 in 2020-21 to 20.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Rancho Mirage Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Palm Springs Unified
- Desert Hot Springs HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Palm Springs HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Rancho Mirage HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Cathedral City HighHigh · 1,334 students
- James Workman MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
- Nellie N. Coffman MiddleMiddle · 914 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary2.8 mi · 607
- James Earl Carter Elementary2.9 mi · 487
- Palm Desert Charter Middle3.0 mi · 1,298
- George Washington Charter3.3 mi · 746
- Palm Desert High3.6 mi · 2,079
- Cathedral City Elementary3.9 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Mirage ElementaryHow large is Rancho Mirage Elementary?
Rancho Mirage Elementary enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rancho Mirage Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rancho Mirage Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Rancho Mirage Elementary have?
Rancho Mirage Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Rancho Mirage Elementary?
Student demographics at Rancho Mirage Elementary are roughly 26% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rancho Mirage Elementary in?
Rancho Mirage Elementary is part of Palm Springs Unified.
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