📍 15150 Joy St., Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, 92530
Machado Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County. The school has 550 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sandra Valles-metzger. It is part of the Lake Elsinore Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
Machado Elementary enrolls 550 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% White and 2.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 480 | 87% |
| White | 41 | 7.5% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
494 of the school's 550 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Machado Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Machado Elementary is one of 25 schools in Lake Elsinore Unified, based in Lake Elsinore, California. The district serves 20,559 students district-wide and employs 901 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 550 students, Machado Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 822 students per school.