Southshore Elementary

Southshore Elementary is an expansive elementary campus in Menifee, California, overseen by Menifee Union. The school serves 843 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Southshore Elementary sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

Menifee Union runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 12,247 students. Southshore Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Southshore Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Southshore Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 41.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Riverside County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Southshore Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southshore Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Southshore Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 793 students in 2018 compared to 843 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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