Taawila Elementary

Taawila Elementary, a sizable primary school in Menifee, California, one of the schools within Menifee Union, serves 803 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 73% bigger than typical.

Menifee Union comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 12,247 students; Taawila Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Taawila Elementary logs that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Taawila Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Taawila Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Riverside County shows median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Taawila Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pathways Academy Charter School - Adult Education, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Taawila Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taawila Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

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