📍 4000 W. Menlo Ave., Hemet, Riverside County, 92545
Cawston Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hemet, Riverside County. The school has 835 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Monique Knibb. It is part of the Hemet Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Cawston Elementary enrolls 835 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 8.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 558 | 67% |
| White | 144 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 4% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
679 of the school's 835 students (81%) 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.
Cawston Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Cawston Elementary is one of 28 schools in Hemet Unified, based in Hemet, California. The district serves 22,891 students district-wide and employs 967 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 835 students, Cawston Elementary is close to the district average of about 818 students per school.