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Carrillo Ranch Elementary

Desert Sands Unified Indio Riverside County 92201
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
976 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
471 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
24:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
88%
Teachers
20 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 90.9%
White 3.8%
Asian 1.7%
Black 1.5%
Other 2.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Carrillo Ranch Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.3%
Met Standard22.0%
Below Standard65.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "34% proficient" for Carrillo Ranch Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.3% of students exceeded standard while 22.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.9 points below the Desert Sands Unified district average of 15.2%. Compared to the 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 3.6 points higher (vs 8.8% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 4.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 21.9%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
34.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+4.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
21.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
2.9%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
976
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 80 8.8% 28.8% 26.3% 36.3% 37.5%
4th 79 21.5% 21.5% 22.8% 34.2% 43.0%
5th 83 16.9% 25.3% 25.3% 32.5% 42.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 82 2.4% 20.7% 28.1% 48.8% 23.2%
4th 81 13.6% 19.8% 24.7% 42.0% 33.3%
5th 83 10.8% 15.7% 26.5% 47.0% 26.5%