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What's the most underrated thing about Tovashal Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002906282
Tovashal Elementary
23801 St. Raphael Dr., Murrieta, CA 92562 · (951) 696-1411 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
24.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
407 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 157 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
68.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.8pp since 2014
Math
58.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.8% | 28.9% | 16.6% | 14.6% |
| Math | 31.6% | 27.0% | 27.3% | 14.1% |
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 | 68.8% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 62.1% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 58.2% |
| 2021-22 | 60.4% | 53.0% |
| 2018-19 | 65.3% | 54.6% |
| 2017-18 | 60.8% | 50.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.0% | 48.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Tovashal Elementary
Tovashal Elementary's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tovashal Elementary this school | 745 | 54.6% | 63.7% |
| Tomas Rivera Elementary Riverside | 699 | 54.6% | 52.6% |
| L. R. Green Elementary Escondido | 717 | 52.6% | 57.1% |
| Endeavour School of Exploration Victorville | 668 | 54.0% | 52.9% |
| Cottonwood Canyon Elementary Lake Elsinore | 813 | 53.9% | 49.6% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Murrieta | 769 | 59.4% | 50.4% |
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 Tovashal Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #943 of 5,151 | #10 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #1,127 of 5,172 ▼ 193 | #21 of 283 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #802 of 5,172 ▲ 152 | #12 of 283 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,125 of 5,116 | #63 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #551 of 5,915 | #85 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,909 of 5,352 | #215 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #827 of 5,354 | #29 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #3,709 of 5,625 | #256 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #3,816 of 3,837 | #207 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
745
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 745 | 30.8 | 24.2:1 | 55% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 28.5 | 26.7:1 | 56% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 27 | 27.0:1 | 52% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 29 | 26.2:1 | 37% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 27.8 | 26.9:1 | 37% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 27 | 27.7:1 | 32% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 817 | N/A | N/A | 29% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 37 | 20.6:1 | 8% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tovashal Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (747 to 745); teachers up 11% (27.8 to 30.8).
About Tovashal Elementary
Tovashal Elementary is a large elementary school in Murrieta, California. The school reports 745 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Murrieta Valley Unified has 20 schools and 21,621 students, and Tovashal Elementary is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Tovashal Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. The remaining students are 32% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. Tovashal Elementary's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Tovashal Elementary and a ratio of 24.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 55% of students. The rate at public schools in Riverside County averages 74%, higher than here.
Tovashal Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 47.5%. Tovashal Elementary posts 63.7%, 16.2 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Riverside County show that the median household income is $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Tovashal Elementary is one of 543 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Avaxat Elementary is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Tovashal Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 63.7% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 745, close to the 759 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 26.2:1 in 2020-21 and 24.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Murrieta Valley Unified
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Nearby schools
- Avaxat Elementary0.9 mi · 617
- E. Hale Curran Elementary1.2 mi · 575
- Antelope Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 839
- Shivela Middle1.5 mi · 1,282
- Rail Ranch Elementary1.9 mi · 603
- Murrieta Mesa High2.0 mi · 2,066
Frequently asked questions
About Tovashal ElementaryHow many students attend Tovashal Elementary?
Tovashal Elementary enrolls approximately 745 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tovashal Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tovashal Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tovashal Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tovashal Elementary is approximately 24.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tovashal Elementary?
At Tovashal Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 44% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Tovashal Elementary?
Tovashal Elementary is overseen by Murrieta Valley Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.