NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in San Jacinto, CA

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15 public K-12 schools in San Jacinto from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
11,895
Students
31/100
Avg Resource Index
23.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, San Jacinto has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. San Jacinto's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of San Jacinto's 15 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

San Jacinto's reporting schools show 71.2% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 23.1:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 27-point gap between San Jacinto High and Estudillo Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
14th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

San Jacinto High accounts for 20.1% of all San Jacinto public-school enrollment

That concentration means San Jacinto-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Jacinto school enrollment varies 19× across entities

San Jacinto school enrollment ranges from 125 students (lowest) to 2,388 students (highest), a spread of 2,263 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Jacinto reports 71.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Jacinto student-teacher ratio is 23.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. San Jacinto High 46
2. Mountain Heights Academy 43
3. Clayton a. Record Jr. Elementary 39
4. San Jacinto Leadership Academy - Magnet 36
5. Monte Vista Middle 34
6. Mountain View High 34
7. San Jacinto Technology Institute 33
8. North Mountain Middle 31
9. Edward Hyatt World Language Academy 30
10. San Jacinto Elementary 30
11. San Jacinto Valley Academy 28
12. Megan Cope Elementary 22
13. Park Hill Elementary 20
14. De Anza Elementary 20
15. Estudillo Elementary 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in San Jacinto

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 San Jacinto Valley Academy 48.3/100
  2. 2 Mountain Heights Academy 45.6/100
  3. 3 Park Hill Elementary 44.7/100
  4. 4 San Jacinto Technology Institute 44.2/100
  5. 5 Estudillo Elementary 40.2/100

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Which San Jacinto school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

San Jacinto High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the San Jacinto schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in San Jacinto, CA? ▼

San Jacinto has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,895 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.