Is Armada Elementary a good school?

Armada Elementary ranks 3915 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Armada Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 703 students attended Armada Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Armada Elementary?

Students at Armada Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Armada Elementary attend?

Students who attend Armada Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Landmark Middle High : Vista del Lago High

Armada Elementary

Summary:

Armada Elementary is a public elementary school located in Moreno Valley, California, serving 779 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1248 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Armada Elementary faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates that have risen from 16.2% in 2020-2021 to 35.4% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are below the district and state averages across all grade levels, with the lowest performance in 5th grade Mathematics at 12.3% in 2023-2024. However, the school's Spanish Language Arts proficiency rates outperform the district and state. Armada Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 85.88% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, and a relatively high student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools.

When compared to nearby schools, Armada Elementary generally performs worse than schools in the Moreno Valley Unified and Val Verde Unified districts, both in terms of academic proficiency and school rankings. Schools like Butterfield Language Academy, Hendrick Ranch Elementary, and Chaparral Hills Elementary outperform Armada Elementary in most academic areas. Addressing the chronic absenteeism issue and implementing targeted interventions to improve academic outcomes should be key priorities for the school and district.

Detail:

Public K-5

25201 John F. Kennedy Dr.
Moreno Valley, CA 92551-7138

(951) 571-4500

District: Moreno Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3915^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,496

Students who attend Armada Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Landmark Middle
High:	Vista del Lago High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.6

Number of students: 703

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.6%

African American:

9.8%

Two or more races:

4.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Armada Elementary ranks worse than 66.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 7^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.07. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (82.6%), African American (9.8%), two or more races (4.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 92.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Armada Elementary is 22.6, which is the 6^th best among 23 elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Armada Elementary employs 31 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Armada Elementary is $7,496, which is the 11^th highest among 23 elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Armada Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Armada Elementary 3915^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Armada Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Moreno Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Moreno Valley Unified 1248^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Armada Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.66	3955^th	4809	17.8%
2005	11.94	4531^st	4822	6.0%
2006	16.10	4283^rd	4818	11.1%
2007	6.63	5055^th	5113	1.1%
2008	11.72	4834^th	5113	5.5%
2009	9.99	5001^st	5193	3.7%
2010	12.27	5046^th	5314	5.0%
2011	15.86	4910^th	5377	8.7%
2012	6.49	5307^th	5390	1.5%
2013	10.27	5281^st	5530	4.5%
2015	13.94	5215^th	5611	7.1%
2016	12.75	5243^rd	5614	6.6%
2017	17.23	4931^st	5692	13.4%
2018	25.58	4188^th	5662	26.0%
2019	19.58	4836^th	5789	16.5%
2022	26.66	4182^nd	5883	28.9%
2023	30.67	3827^th	5874	34.8%
2024	30.07	3915^th	5862	33.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.03	753^rd	3246	76.8%
2019	38.32	1892^nd	3275	42.2%
2022	55.09	962^nd	3311	70.9%
2023	60.34	763^rd	3250	76.5%
2024	62.89	615^th	3160	80.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	45.82	1021^st	2420	57.8%
2024	48.10	1020^th	2634	61.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.31	3219^th	5084	36.7%
2019	28.10	4023^rd	5173	22.2%
2022	38.22	3153^rd	5264	40.1%
2023	41.49	2949^th	5374	45.1%
2024	38.17	3272^nd	5511	40.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.39	4211^th	5413	22.2%
2019	17.60	4824^th	5492	12.2%
2022	26.05	4121^st	5635	26.9%
2023	30.16	3751^st	5617	33.2%
2024	30.28	3769^th	5605	32.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.28	1565^th	2128	26.5%
2019	24.64	2086^th	2585	19.3%
2022	38.95	1116^th	2227	49.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	27.85	3874^th	5431	28.7%
2019	23.05	4381^st	5510	20.5%
2022	28.15	3950^th	5663	30.2%
2023	32.32	3593^rd	5650	36.4%
2024	31.01	3737^th	5636	33.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.45	523^rd	700	25.3%
2019	38.32	446^th	747	40.3%
2022	25.37	539^th	663	18.7%
2023	48.68	286^th	662	56.8%
2024	29.21	423^rd	593	28.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Armada Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.47	2704^th	4830	44.0%
2019	32.49	3522^nd	4963	29.0%
2022	42.83	2678^th	5084	47.3%
2023	47.14	2414^th	5098	52.6%
2024	47.30	2449^th	5102	52.0%

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

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Armada Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	800	112	69	218	3	n/a	n/a	0	1202
1989	684	121	45	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	1038
1990	581	116	58	209	3	n/a	n/a	0	967
1991	533	116	61	227	2	n/a	n/a	0	939
1992	441	144	56	244	2	n/a	n/a	0	887
1993	375	162	57	244	3	n/a	n/a	0	841
1994	313	172	56	275	1	n/a	n/a	0	817
1995	209	221	39	331	1	n/a	n/a	0	801
1996	209	221	39	331	1	n/a	n/a	0	801
1997	191	192	46	334	1	n/a	n/a	0	764
1998	158	186	48	330	0	n/a	n/a	0	722
1999	162	219	47	375	1	n/a	n/a	0	804
2000	130	235	49	365	0	n/a	n/a	2	781
2001	127	203	60	381	2	n/a	n/a	5	778
2002	126	190	50	560	1	n/a	n/a	17	944
2003	126	190	50	560	1	n/a	n/a	17	944
2004	112	181	40	616	4	n/a	n/a	5	958
2005	102	150	25	610	7	n/a	n/a	12	906
2006	74	105	20	521	0	n/a	n/a	11	731
2007	46	112	19	515	3	n/a	n/a	11	706
2008	51	99	15	503	1	n/a	n/a	0	669
2009	46	86	6	462	8	8	15	0	631
2010	40	85	9	514	3	10	5	0	666
2011	37	71	7	484	0	2	6	0	607
2012	33	107	10	536	3	6	9	0	704
2013	29	121	8	532	2	7	12	0	711
2014	31	121	5	544	2	2	22	0	727
2015	17	159	3	541	2	2	22	0	746
2016	16	118	5	571	0	0	17	0	727
2017	15	115	5	616	0	5	17	0	773
2018	19	114	9	668	0	10	13	0	833
2019	26	104	4	697	1	5	20	0	857
2020	18	94	4	686	0	5	23	0	830
2021	14	83	3	682	0	6	18	0	806
2022	19	76	1	674	1	4	21	0	796
2023	21	81	6	641	0	5	25	0	779
2024	16	69	6	581	0	1	30	0	703

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 Armada Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1202	45.6	26.3	n/a
1989	1038	39.6	26.2	n/a
1990	967	38.0	25.4	n/a
1991	939	36.6	25.6	n/a
1992	887	37.2	23.8	32.7
1993	841	30.6	27.5	42.4
1994	817	34.0	24.0	59.4
1995	801	34.0	23.6	63.7
1996	801	34.0	23.6	63.7
1997	764	33.0	23.2	64.4
1998	722	34.0	21.2	84.9
1999	804	40.6	19.8	77.1
2000	781	39.0	20.0	82.7
2001	778	40.0	19.5	79.9
2002	944	46.0	20.5	84.5
2003	944	46.0	20.5	84.5
2004	958	46.0	20.8	82.6
2005	906	43.0	21.1	71.6
2006	731	36.6	20.0	86.3
2007	706	35.0	20.2	83
2008	669	36.0	18.6	82.4
2009	631	35.0	16.3	89.2
2010	666	29.0	22.9	80.8
2011	607	n/a	n/a	87.3
2012	704	25.0	28.1	n/a
2013	711	25.0	28.4	91.3
2014	727	26.0	27.9	90.9
2015	746	28.0	26.6	91.3
2016	727	27.0	26.9	90.9
2017	773	30.0	25.7	90.3
2018	833	34.0	24.5	90.3
2019	857	37.0	23.1	89.5
2020	830	n/a	n/a	92.5
2021	806	36.0	22.3	94.7
2022	796	35.0	22.7	94.1
2023	779	35.5	21.9	85.9
2024	703	31.0	22.6	92.7

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 Armada Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1202	45.6	26.3	n/a
1989	1038	39.6	26.2	n/a
1990	967	38.0	25.4	n/a
1991	939	36.6	25.6	n/a
1992	887	37.2	23.8	32.7
1993	841	30.6	27.5	42.4
1994	817	34.0	24.0	59.4
1995	801	34.0	23.6	63.7
1996	801	34.0	23.6	63.7
1997	764	33.0	23.2	64.4
1998	722	34.0	21.2	84.9
1999	804	40.6	19.8	77.1
2000	781	39.0	20.0	82.7
2001	778	40.0	19.5	79.9
2002	944	46.0	20.5	84.5
2003	944	46.0	20.5	84.5
2004	958	46.0	20.8	82.6
2005	906	43.0	21.1	71.6
2006	731	36.6	20.0	86.3
2007	706	35.0	20.2	83
2008	669	36.0	18.6	82.4
2009	631	35.0	16.3	89.2
2010	666	29.0	22.9	80.8
2011	607	n/a	n/a	87.3
2012	704	25.0	28.1	n/a
2013	711	25.0	28.4	91.3
2014	727	26.0	27.9	90.9
2015	746	28.0	26.6	91.3
2016	727	27.0	26.9	90.9
2017	773	30.0	25.7	90.3
2018	833	34.0	24.5	90.3
2019	857	37.0	23.1	89.5
2020	830	n/a	n/a	92.5
2021	806	36.0	22.3	94.7
2022	796	35.0	22.7	94.1
2023	779	35.5	21.9	85.9
2024	703	31.0	22.6	92.7

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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