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What's something Wildomar Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002709492
Wildomar Elementary
21575 Palomar Rd., Wildomar, CA 92595 · (951) 253-7555 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
551 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 139 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
31.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.3pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 21.8% | 29.3% | 39.4% |
| Math | 8.5% | 15.0% | 31.7% | 44.8% |
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 | 31.3% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 27.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 28.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 22.6% |
| 2020-21 | 46.4% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 41.0% | 38.6% |
| 2017-18 | 34.9% | 31.5% |
| 2016-17 | 40.1% | 36.6% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Wildomar Elementary
Wildomar Elementary's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildomar Elementary this school | 620 | 88.9% | 29.0% |
| Frank Kohn Elementary Tulare | 617 | 88.7% | 23.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Palm Desert | 607 | 86.7% | 27.1% |
| Cypress Elementary Tulare | 562 | 87.5% | 24.8% |
| Fallbrook STEM Academy Fallbrook | 600 | 90.2% | 40.7% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Cathedral City | 637 | 91.2% | 35.5% |
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 Wildomar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,640 of 5,151 | #179 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,932 of 5,172 ▼ 569 | #189 of 283 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,845 of 5,172 ▼ 421 | #199 of 283 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,628 of 5,116 | #166 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #1,223 of 5,915 | #157 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,157 of 5,352 | #129 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #3,847 of 5,354 | #195 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #1,239 of 5,625 | #86 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #3,067 of 3,837 | #169 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
620
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,275
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 620 | 26.7 | 23.2:1 | 89% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 25.5 | 23.3:1 | 84% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 24.5 | 23.6:1 | 82% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 27 | 21.9:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 27.5 | 24.2:1 | 80% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 29 | 25.6:1 | 79% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | N/A | N/A | 69% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 46 | 20.6:1 | 45% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 1,275 | 48 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildomar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (666 to 620); teachers down 3% (27.5 to 26.7).
About Wildomar Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Wildomar, California, Wildomar Elementary is part of Lake Elsinore Unified. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 620 students. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 33% bigger than average.
Lake Elsinore Unified operates 24 schools. Combined enrollment is 20,539 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Wildomar Elementary is 81%. Enrollment also includes 15% White and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 30 points above the 51% share among Riverside County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
Wildomar Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1, with 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
The model predicts 27.5% for a school in California with Wildomar Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wildomar Elementary posts 29.0%.
The school's county is Riverside County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 543 public schools in the county, enrolling about 424,872, Wildomar Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, David A. Brown Middle is about 0.8 miles from Wildomar Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Wildomar Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 591 (2020-21) to 620 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.2:1.
People who know Wildomar Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
Other schools in Wildomar
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- William Collier ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural ArtsElementary · 486 students
- Donald Graham ElementaryElementary · 470 students
Nearby schools
- David A. Brown Middle0.8 mi · 1,030
- Donald Graham Elementary0.9 mi · 470
- Elsinore High1.5 mi · 1,927
- Ronald Reagan Elementary1.8 mi · 508
- William Collier Elementary1.9 mi · 707
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts1.9 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Wildomar ElementaryHow many students attend Wildomar Elementary?
Wildomar Elementary enrolls approximately 620 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wildomar Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wildomar Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Wildomar Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at Wildomar Elementary.
How diverse is Wildomar Elementary?
Wildomar Elementary reports a student body of 15% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Wildomar Elementary public or private?
Wildomar Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified.
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