Is Pacific Avenue Academy of Music a good school?

Pacific Avenue Academy of Music ranks in the bottom 17.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?

In the 2022-23 school year, 307 students attended Pacific Avenue Academy of Music.

What is the racial makeup of Pacific Avenue Academy of Music?

Students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music are 81% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% American Indian.

Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Summary:

Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is an elementary school located in Riverside, California, serving 307 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Jurupa Unified School District, which is ranked 1304 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pacific Avenue Academy of Music has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 4864 out of 5862 schools. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.9% in 2018-2019 to 37.9% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently underperforms compared to the Jurupa Unified School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 24.22% of students proficient or better in ELA and 17.28% in Mathematics in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 82.74% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.

When comparing Pacific Avenue Academy to other schools in the Jurupa Unified School District, it consistently underperforms. For example, Camino Real Elementary, which is only 1.5 miles away, outperforms Pacific Avenue Academy in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as female students and English Language Learners, and its performance has declined over the past decade, suggesting that the school is struggling to improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-6

6110 45th St.
Riverside, CA 92509-7201

(951) 222-7877

District: Jurupa Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4864^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,530

Student/teacher ratio: 19.9

Number of students: 307

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.1%

White:

9.1%

Two or more races:

3.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pacific Avenue Academy of Music ranks worse than 83% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 10^th among 16 ranked elementary schools in the Jurupa Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.95. (See more...)

Compare Details Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.9. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Pacific Avenue Academy of Music has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Jurupa Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (81.1%), White (9.1%), two or more races (3.9%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is 19.9, which is the lowest among 16 elementary schools in the Jurupa Unified School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music is $13,530, which is the highest among 16 elementary schools in the Jurupa Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pacific Avenue Academy of Music:

SchoolDigger ranks Pacific Avenue Academy of Music 4864^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Pacific Avenue Academy of Music in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Jurupa Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Jurupa Unified 1304^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	14.56	4372^nd	4809	9.1%
2005	25.47	3598^th	4822	25.4%
2006	23.87	3739^th	4818	22.4%
2007	21.54	4171^st	5113	18.4%
2008	28.87	3683^rd	5113	28.0%
2009	31.33	3608^th	5193	30.5%
2010	32.23	3679^th	5314	30.8%
2011	39.58	3269^th	5377	39.2%
2012	46.35	2856^th	5390	47.0%
2013	38.92	3391^st	5530	38.7%
2015	28.99	3785^th	5611	32.5%
2016	29.97	3773^rd	5614	32.8%
2017	32.95	3608^th	5692	36.6%
2018	35.90	3411^th	5662	39.8%
2019	34.37	3584^th	5789	38.1%
2022	20.47	4805^th	5883	18.3%
2023	22.50	4607^th	5874	21.6%
2024	19.95	4864^th	5862	17.0%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	38.30	1856^th	3246	42.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.85	2562^nd	5084	49.6%
2019	46.72	2629^th	5173	49.2%
2022	26.71	4108^th	5264	22.0%
2023	25.21	4295^th	5374	20.1%
2024	19.08	4848^th	5511	12.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.95	3354^th	5413	38.0%
2019	29.76	3845^th	5492	30.0%
2022	20.16	4702^nd	5635	16.6%
2023	24.93	4241^st	5617	24.5%
2024	20.76	4633^rd	5605	17.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.49	3313^th	5431	39.0%
2019	39.51	3069^th	5510	44.3%
2022	22.63	4460^th	5663	21.2%
2023	22.87	4466^th	5650	21.0%
2024	18.54	4849^th	5636	14.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.33	2773^rd	4830	42.6%
2019	41.32	2866^th	4963	42.3%
2022	27.15	3942^nd	5084	22.5%
2023	32.85	3481^st	5098	31.7%
2024	28.01	3876^th	5102	24.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	45.90	1274^th	2715	53.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: California Department of Education

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

THIS SCHOOL WAS AMAZING!
MY CHILDREN LOVED IT!
AND THEY'LL NEVER FORGET THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS THERE! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	423	86	14	167	0	n/a	n/a	0	690
1989	348	82	15	176	0	n/a	n/a	0	621
1990	363	83	10	200	0	n/a	n/a	0	656
1991	341	80	24	224	0	n/a	n/a	0	669
1992	298	80	26	262	0	n/a	n/a	0	666
1993	281	83	28	277	0	n/a	n/a	0	669
1994	231	100	15	296	0	n/a	n/a	0	642
1995	223	93	9	349	0	n/a	n/a	0	674
1996	223	93	9	349	0	n/a	n/a	0	674
1997	160	79	5	321	0	n/a	n/a	0	565
1998	131	86	4	289	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1999	110	86	3	309	0	n/a	n/a	0	508
2000	90	91	6	337	0	n/a	n/a	3	527
2001	83	95	7	340	0	n/a	n/a	2	527
2002	66	85	4	412	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
2003	66	85	4	412	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
2004	58	69	7	434	0	n/a	n/a	0	568
2005	43	52	8	419	1	n/a	n/a	0	523
2006	44	40	5	414	1	n/a	n/a	0	504
2007	35	40	7	378	0	n/a	n/a	5	465
2008	34	30	9	350	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	423
2009	33	30	1	344	0	0	2	0	410
2010	45	28	3	367	1	0	1	0	445
2011	43	28	3	364	0	0	0	0	438
2012	36	23	2	357	1	0	7	0	426
2013	38	28	7	360	1	0	2	0	436
2014	25	26	5	359	1	0	1	0	417
2015	28	20	4	293	0	0	2	0	347
2016	36	15	5	281	1	0	9	0	347
2017	33	14	5	269	1	1	9	0	332
2018	37	8	3	272	1	1	9	0	331
2019	40	10	6	281	2	2	9	0	350
2020	32	7	2	263	3	3	11	0	321
2021	32	12	2	249	3	2	13	0	313
2022	31	8	3	246	3	2	13	0	306
2023	28	11	2	249	4	1	12	0	307

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	690	28.0	24.6	n/a
1989	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
1990	656	26.0	25.2	n/a
1991	669	25.0	26.7	n/a
1992	666	25.4	26.2	51.4
1993	669	24.0	27.9	45.7
1994	642	25.0	25.7	59.2
1995	674	25.0	27.0	66.9
1996	674	25.0	27.0	66.9
1997	565	24.8	22.8	79.5
1998	510	25.0	20.4	68.2
1999	508	25.0	20.3	75.2
2000	527	23.9	22.1	68.5
2001	527	25.0	21.1	69.5
2002	567	27.0	21.0	80.6
2003	567	27.0	21.0	80.6
2004	568	25.0	22.7	76.9
2005	523	23.0	22.7	77.6
2006	504	25.0	20.2	80.6
2007	465	24.0	19.4	79.1
2008	423	23.0	18.4	79.9
2009	410	21.0	17.8	75.4
2010	445	25.0	17.8	80.4
2011	438	n/a	n/a	79.7
2012	426	22.0	19.3	78.9
2013	436	23.0	18.9	81
2014	417	22.0	18.9	83.9
2015	347	19.0	18.2	77.2
2016	347	18.0	19.2	80.7
2017	332	16.0	20.7	80.1
2018	331	15.6	21.2	80.7
2019	350	14.1	24.8	72
2020	321	n/a	n/a	69.8
2021	313	15.0	20.8	81.2
2022	306	14.6	20.8	78.8
2023	307	15.3	19.9	82.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pacific Avenue Academy of Music

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	690	28.0	24.6	n/a
1989	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
1990	656	26.0	25.2	n/a
1991	669	25.0	26.7	n/a
1992	666	25.4	26.2	51.4
1993	669	24.0	27.9	45.7
1994	642	25.0	25.7	59.2
1995	674	25.0	27.0	66.9
1996	674	25.0	27.0	66.9
1997	565	24.8	22.8	79.5
1998	510	25.0	20.4	68.2
1999	508	25.0	20.3	75.2
2000	527	23.9	22.1	68.5
2001	527	25.0	21.1	69.5
2002	567	27.0	21.0	80.6
2003	567	27.0	21.0	80.6
2004	568	25.0	22.7	76.9
2005	523	23.0	22.7	77.6
2006	504	25.0	20.2	80.6
2007	465	24.0	19.4	79.1
2008	423	23.0	18.4	79.9
2009	410	21.0	17.8	75.4
2010	445	25.0	17.8	80.4
2011	438	n/a	n/a	79.7
2012	426	22.0	19.3	78.9
2013	436	23.0	18.9	81
2014	417	22.0	18.9	83.9
2015	347	19.0	18.2	77.2
2016	347	18.0	19.2	80.7
2017	332	16.0	20.7	80.1
2018	331	15.6	21.2	80.7
2019	350	14.1	24.8	72
2020	321	n/a	n/a	69.8
2021	313	15.0	20.8	81.2
2022	306	14.6	20.8	78.8
2023	307	15.3	19.9	82.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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