📍 959 Mission Grove Pkwy. N., Riverside, Riverside County, 92506
William Howard Taft Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Riverside, Riverside County. The school has 592 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carolina Michel. It is part of the Riverside Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
William Howard Taft Elementary enrolls 592 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 19% White and 6.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 389 | 66% |
| White | 114 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 11 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
413 of the school's 592 students (70%) 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.
William Howard Taft Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
William Howard Taft Elementary is one of 49 schools in Riverside Unified, based in Riverside, California. The district serves 38,033 students district-wide and employs 1,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 592 students, William Howard Taft Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 776 students per school.
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