Rosa Parks Elementary

Set in Corona, California, Rosa Parks Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school, run under Corona-Norco Unified. It caters to 970 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 109% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Corona-Norco Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 49,370 students; Rosa Parks Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Rosa Parks Elementary records that 37% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 35% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 7% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Rosa Parks Elementary records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rosa Parks Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.0%; Rosa Parks Elementary posts 59.1%, +20.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Rosa Parks Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rosa Parks Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosa Parks Elementary has decreased 43%, going from 1,706 students in 2018 to 970 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 28.9:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.