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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARCOS UNIFIED·NCES 063488005890
Richland Elementary
910 Richland Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069 · (760) 290-2400 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
23.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
272 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 168 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (168) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
67.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.5pp since 2014
Math
64.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.6% | 26.0% | 15.9% | 16.6% |
| Math | 35.5% | 28.5% | 20.1% | 15.9% |
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 | 67.5% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 62.6% |
| 2022-23 | 67.9% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 66.8% | 60.6% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 64.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.8% | 57.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.4% | 58.4% |
| 2015-16 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Richland Elementary
Richland Elementary's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Elementary this school | 883 | 30.8% | 65.3% |
| McSwain Elementary Merced | 912 | 35.1% | 44.2% |
| Olive Drive Elementary Bakersfield | 797 | 33.8% | 48.3% |
| Norris Elementary Bakersfield | 810 | 37.4% | 52.3% |
| Kings River-Hardwick Elementary Hanford | 860 | 30.2% | 66.0% |
| Cedarwood Elementary Clovis | 848 | 34.9% | 59.6% |
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 Richland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #867 of 5,151 | #102 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #877 of 5,172 ▲ 29 | #106 of 393 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #876 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #105 of 393 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,618 of 5,116 | #180 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #196 of 5,915 | #18 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #3,611 of 5,352 | #264 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #1,266 of 5,354 | #124 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #4,726 of 5,625 | #344 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.1% | #356 of 1,139 | #26 of 97 |
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
883
+136 (+18%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 883 | 37.1 | 23.8:1 | 31% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 35.5 | 24.5:1 | 32% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 33 | 25.0:1 | 32% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 29 | 25.8:1 | 28% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | N/A | N/A | 41% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 30 | 26.8:1 | 36% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | N/A | N/A | 42% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 47 | 20.9:1 | 34% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 863 | 35 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Elementary.
About Richland Elementary
Richland Elementary, located in San Marcos, California, is a large elementary school. Federal data show 883 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 90% bigger than that mark.
San Marcos Unified is the local district for Richland Elementary. It runs 19 schools with 18,837 students.
The biggest share of students at Richland Elementary, 42%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 40% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The diversity index for Richland Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.8:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in San Diego County is 23 points higher.
Richland Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools.
Richland Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.3% is 3.8 points above the 61.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For San Diego County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 766 public schools and about 467,437 students.
Mission Hills High is about 0.8 miles from Richland Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Richland Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.3% proficiency; Richland Elementary posts 65.3%.
Richland Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's student count rose 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 25.8:1 to 23.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Richland Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Marcos Unified
- San Marcos HighHigh · 3,067 students
- Mission Hills HighHigh · 2,751 students
- San Elijo MiddleMiddle · 1,395 students
- Woodland Park MiddleMiddle · 1,184 students
- Double PeakElementary · 1,171 students
- San Marcos MiddleMiddle · 968 students
Other schools in San Marcos
- San Marcos HighHigh · 3,067 students
- Mission Hills HighHigh · 2,751 students
- San Elijo MiddleMiddle · 1,395 students
- Woodland Park MiddleMiddle · 1,184 students
- Double PeakElementary · 1,171 students
- San Marcos MiddleMiddle · 968 students
Other Richland Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Richland Elementary. Richland Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 16.
- Richland ElementaryMemphis, TN · 907 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolJohnstown, PA · 831 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolCrest Hill, IL · 774 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 643 students
- Richland ElementaryLynnville, TN · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Hills High0.8 mi · 2,751
- Woodland Park Middle0.8 mi · 1,184
- Baypoint Preparatory Academy - San Diego1.3 mi · 162
- Knob Hill Elementary1.7 mi · 725
- North Coastal Consortium Schools1.7 mi · 46
- Twin Oaks Elementary1.8 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Richland ElementaryHow large is Richland Elementary?
Richland Elementary enrolls approximately 883 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richland Elementary serve?
Richland Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Richland Elementary?
Approximately 23.8:1 students per teacher at Richland Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Richland Elementary?
Student demographics at Richland Elementary are roughly 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Richland Elementary?
Richland Elementary is overseen by San Marcos Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.