Richard R. Oliphant Elementary

Richard R. Oliphant Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Indio, California, part of Desert Sands Unified. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Richard R. Oliphant Elementary sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Richard R. Oliphant Elementary is one of 34 schools operated by Desert Sands Unified, a district that hosts 25,613 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Richard R. Oliphant Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, Richard R. Oliphant Elementary shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Richard R. Oliphant Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Richard R. Oliphant Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Andrew Jackson Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Richard R. Oliphant Elementary. On composite proficiency, Richard R. Oliphant Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 17.8%.

Richard R. Oliphant Elementary operates from a suburban location.

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