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Which teacher or staff member at Richard R. Oliphant Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESERT SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 061111014222
Richard R. Oliphant Elementary
41-633 Gore St., Indio, CA 92203 · (760) 834-3231 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
434 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
CA avg 47.1% . -5.5pp since 2018
Math
34.9%
CA avg 35.6% . -4.6pp since 2018
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
About 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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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 Desert Sands Unified
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,425 students
- Palm Desert HighHigh · 2,079 students
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- Palm Desert Charter MiddleMiddle · 1,298 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
Other schools in Indio
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Indio MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Andrew Jackson Elementary1.0 mi · 750
- Herbert Hoover Elementary1.5 mi · 326
- Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S.1.7 mi · 69
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary1.8 mi · 560
- Amistad High (Continuation)1.8 mi · 192
- Carrillo Ranch Elementary1.8 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Richard R. Oliphant ElementaryHow large is Richard R. Oliphant Elementary?
Richard R. Oliphant Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-05.
Is Richard R. Oliphant Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard R. Oliphant Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard R. Oliphant Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard R. Oliphant Elementary is approximately 21.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard R. Oliphant Elementary?
At Richard R. Oliphant Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Richard R. Oliphant Elementary in?
Richard R. Oliphant Elementary is part of Desert Sands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.