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Enrollment
961
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907007604
Saul Martinez Elementary
65-705 Johnson St., Mecca, CA 92254 · (760) 396-1935 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL961 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
920 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 158 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 167 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (135).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
28.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 16.1% | 23.0% | 48.7% |
| Math | 9.3% | 14.3% | 26.5% | 50.0% |
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 | 28.3% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 27.9% | 18.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 17.1% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 8.6% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 30.1% |
| 2017-18 | 31.8% | 32.5% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 25.8% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Saul Martinez Elementary
Saul Martinez Elementary's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saul Martinez Elementary this school | 961 | 95.7% | 25.1% |
| McCabe Elementary Mendota | 986 | 97.7% | 24.8% |
| Alvin Elementary Santa Maria | 998 | 97.6% | 17.6% |
| Bruce (Robert) Elementary Santa Maria | 1,050 | 96.1% | 15.0% |
| Ellen Ochoa Learning Center Cudahy | 1,052 | 96.6% | 29.8% |
| Rice (William) Elementary Santa Maria | 887 | 95.2% | 16.0% |
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 Saul Martinez Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,067 of 5,151 | #214 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,931 of 5,172 ▲ 150 | #188 of 283 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #4,146 of 5,172 ▼ 24 | #218 of 283 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,273 of 5,116 | #141 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 961 | #104 of 5,915 | #18 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,191 of 5,352 | #131 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #5,311 of 5,354 | #290 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #352 of 5,625 | #12 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,480 of 3,837 | #128 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
961
-42 (-4%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 961 | 41.3 | 23.3:1 | 96% (920) |
| 2023-24 | 977 | 46.4 | 21.0:1 | 94% (922) |
| 2022-23 | 975 | 41.8 | 23.3:1 | 94% (918) |
| 2020-21 | 1,003 | 43 | 23.3:1 | 94% (938) |
| 2017-18 | 1,087 | 47 | 23.1:1 | 91% (984) |
| 2015-16 | 1,125 | 48 | 23.4:1 | 95% (1,070) |
| 2010-11 | 1,073 | N/A | N/A | 99% (1,063) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 88% (661) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saul Martinez Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,087 to 961); teachers down 12% (47 to 41.3).
About Saul Martinez Elementary
Saul Martinez Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Mecca, California. It enrolls 961 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 107% larger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Coachella Valley Unified enrolls 15,817 students, and its 21 schools include Saul Martinez Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at Saul Martinez Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 23.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Saul Martinez Elementary, which has 41.3. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 96%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Riverside County.
Saul Martinez Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of California public elementary schools.
Saul Martinez Elementary is 1.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.1% versus 23.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Riverside County show that median household income comes to about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 543, with about 424,872 students.
Saul Martinez Elementary's nearest public school is Mecca Elementary (about 0.8 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Saul Martinez Elementary places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Mecca ElementaryElementary · 677 students
Other schools in Mecca
- Mecca ElementaryElementary · 677 students
- North Shore ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Mecca Elementary0.8 mi · 677
- Las Palmitas Elementary5.7 mi · 570
- Desert Mirage High5.7 mi · 1,875
- Toro Canyon Middle5.7 mi · 989
- Oasis Elementary5.8 mi · 488
- La Familia Continuation High6.4 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Saul Martinez ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Saul Martinez Elementary?
Saul Martinez Elementary enrolls approximately 961 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Saul Martinez Elementary serve?
Saul Martinez Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saul Martinez Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saul Martinez Elementary is approximately 23.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Saul Martinez Elementary?
Student demographics at Saul Martinez Elementary are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Saul Martinez Elementary in?
Saul Martinez Elementary is part of Coachella Valley Unified.
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