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Harmony Elementary

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Harmony Elementary ranks 4120 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

4120^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 30% of California elementary schools

Summary

Harmony Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 826 students in the Hemet Unified district, an area where many families face economic challenges, as reflected in the school's high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While Harmony's academic performance is below the state average, it is important to note that it outperforms the Hemet Unified district average in both English and Math. Among similar schools in the district, it ranks in the top half for proficiency. A significant strength is the school's exceptional success with English Language Learner students, who perform well above average. However, the school struggles with a high rate of chronic student absences, which, while lower than the district average, is still much higher than the state's. The school also operates with more students per teacher and less funding per student than several nearby schools like Hemet Dual Language Academy and Ramona Elementary.

Comparisons with nearby schools show that different approaches can lead to better outcomes even in similar circumstances. For example, Hemet Dual Language Academy has much lower absenteeism and higher proficiency, while Megan Cope Elementary in the neighboring San Jacinto Unified district achieves comparable results with significantly less funding. Harmony's statewide ranking has declined over the past decade, and test scores reveal a particular drop in Math proficiency in 4th grade, suggesting a key area for potential support.

826

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,303

Per pupil spending ?

83.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1500 South Cawston Ave.
Hemet, CA 92545-7056

(951) 791-1830

District: Hemet Unified

Students who attend Harmony Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Diamond Valley Middle
High:	West Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.4%

White:

12.0%

African American:

10.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 61st percentile in 2013 → 30th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 31 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg24%

California avg41%

4,120^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 47% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Hemet Unified

1170^th of 1,543Hemet Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	4120 of 5857	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	4142 of 5869	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.9	4172 of 5859	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	3468 of 5883	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	3427 of 5789	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.5	2803 of 5662	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2017	51.3	2480 of 5692	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	44.2	2822 of 5614	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2015	40.8	2972 of 5611	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	59.0	2179 of 5530	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	69.8	1542 of 5390	71.4%	★★★★☆
2011	58.3	2128 of 5377	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	56.7	2181 of 5314	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	56.1	2118 of 5193	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	45.3	2645 of 5113	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	55.1	2056 of 5113	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2006	56.2	1911 of 4818	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2005	58.3	1823 of 4822	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	65.1	1486 of 4809	69.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.6	241 of 569	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.6	364 of 593	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	14.7	646 of 661	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	40.8	348 of 663	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.7	377 of 747	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.1	391 of 700	44.1%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.4	1956 of 2227	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	2169 of 2585	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	1657 of 2128	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	57.3	826 of 3162	73.9%	★★★★☆
2023	59.4	808 of 3245	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	48.7	1266 of 3311	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.0	1918 of 3275	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.1	2593 of 3246	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	4170 of 5597	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.7	3734 of 5612	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.6	4171 of 5609	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.2	3559 of 5635	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.0	3504 of 5492	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.1	2366 of 5413	56.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	3219 of 5107	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.9	2968 of 5107	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.9	3315 of 5087	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.4	2566 of 5084	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.6	2118 of 4963	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.2	1825 of 4830	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	3623 of 5460	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	3659 of 5517	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.8	3751 of 5363	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.2	2323 of 5264	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.9	2274 of 5173	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.9	1980 of 5084	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	3732 of 5628	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.7	4214 of 5643	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	3846 of 5638	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.7	3164 of 5663	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.9	3116 of 5510	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.2	3148 of 5431	42.0%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	103 of 153	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.9	94 of 118	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	122 of 140	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	107 of 130	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	698 of 718	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	1885 of 2847	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.1	1825 of 2635	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.4	1933 of 2420	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	2212 of 2598	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	2388 of 2651	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	2318 of 2661	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	2177 of 2726	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	2431 of 2834	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.2	1887 of 2737	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)74th percentile+44 vs school

African American (2025)58th percentile+28 vs school

Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)34th percentile+4 vs school

Military Connected (2025)33rd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)25th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)15th percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2022)12th percentile-29 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)3rd percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy38%-10 vs state

Mathematics23%-15 vs state

Science17%-16 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Harmony Elementary	Public	K-5	1500 South Cawston Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 791-1830	826	34	24.2	83.7%	99 (12.0%)	87 (10.5%)	565 (68.4%)	28 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.6%)	39 (4.7%)	28.2	4120^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.7%		27.7	4142^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	29.4%	22	16.7	16.7	39.8	35.3	40.6	38.5	33.5	15.0	18.1	22.6	88.5	91.5	96.2	92.3	88.5	92.3	$19,303	$2,240	$17,063
McSweeny Elementary	Public	K-5	451 West Chambers St.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 925-4366	781	32	24.4	87.7%	100 (12.8%)	65 (8.3%)	554 (70.9%)	13 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	42 (5.4%)	23.4	4551^st of 5857 public elementary schools	22.3%		25.6	4314^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.5%	237	10.1	10.1	34.3	32.2	38.9	35.1	31.5	21.7	10.1	21.3	87.6	94.2	95.9	90.9	93.4	92.6	$18,794	$2,399	$16,395
Cawston Elementary	Public	K-5	4000 West Menlo Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-0277	796	34	23.6	79.5%	128 (16.1%)	77 (9.7%)	525 (66.0%)	19 (2.4%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	37 (4.6%)	31.7	3818^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.8%		30.2	3913^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.3%	95	16.1	16.1	39.1	39.0	33.9	37.3	44.7	22.8	22.6	29.6	94.4	95.1		95.8	95.1	97.9	$21,336	$2,293	$19,043
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-5	400 West Whittier Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1650	816	33	24.7	92.5%	79 (9.7%)	98 (12.0%)	580 (71.1%)	10 (1.2%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (5.3%)	14.4	5321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	9.2%		12.6	5511^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.1%	190	8.8	8.8	24.8	23.1	31.4	26.5	22.5	7.8	11.7	13.9	89.0	91.5	95.1	92.1	90.2	93.3	$19,973	$2,654	$17,319
Fruitvale Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 West Fruitvale Ave.	Hemet	92545	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1680	778	33	23.5	91.3%	71 (9.1%)	103 (13.2%)	562 (72.2%)	17 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (2.7%)	20.1	4819^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.7%		22.8	4602^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	21.6%	217	21.6	21.6	24.4	25.3	37.8	29.4	20.0	13.0	18.2	17.0	92.2	96.9		96.1	93.0	95.3	$19,688	$2,595	$17,093
Hemet Elementary	Public	K-5	633 East Kimball Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1630	783	34	22.8	93.5%	83 (10.6%)	61 (7.8%)	607 (77.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.6%)	13.5	5382^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.1%		13.2	5462^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	80	10.4	10.4	17.6	26.6	29.8	25.4	16.5	13.2	9.6	12.8	92.7	96.4		93.3	95.8	96.4	$20,249	$2,534	$17,715
Jacob Wiens Elementary	Public	K-5	935 East Campus Way	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 929-3734	580	26	22.3	96.4%	47 (8.1%)	80 (13.8%)	420 (72.4%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.3%)	14.5	5308^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.4%		10.8	5643^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	3.9%	335	14.1	14.1	22.7	28.3	24.7	25.5	15.6	18.4	7.1	14.1	93.0	97.0	96.0	97.0	96.0		$20,867	$2,495	$18,372
Ramona Elementary	Public	K-5	41051 Whittier Ave.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1670	702	31	22.4	92.7%	86 (12.3%)	61 (8.7%)	497 (70.8%)	10 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.1%)	19	4920^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.0%		14.5	5354^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.8%	434	14.2	14.2	34.0	18.7	34.0	28.8	29.3	15.0	11.3	18.5	93.5	95.4	97.2	97.2	94.4	96.3	$22,607	$3,001	$19,606
Winchester Elementary	Public	K-5	28751 Winchester Rd.	Winchester	92596	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 926-0700	692	30	23.3	78.6%	64 (9.2%)	43 (6.2%)	521 (75.3%)	37 (5.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.3%)	33.2	3699^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.8%		31.3	3833^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	34.7%	134	21.7	21.7	41.1	34.0	50.9	42.4	37.1	14.4	20.0	23.4	91.8	92.8	96.9	94.9	92.8	94.9	$22,307	$2,462	$19,845
Megan Cope Elementary	Public	K-5	2550 Via La Sierra Ln.	San Jacinto	92582	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-6069	756	33	22.9	87.2%	49 (6.5%)	63 (8.3%)	581 (76.9%)	21 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	36 (4.8%)	36.1	3482^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	40.5%		29	4025^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.4%	543	25.0	25.0	41.6	40.0	44.4	42.0	29.4	26.1	28.5	28.0							$11,763	$536	$11,227

Frequently Asked Questions about Harmony Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Harmony Elementary?

Students at Harmony Elementary are 68% Hispanic, 12% White, 11% African American, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Harmony Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harmony Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Diamond Valley Middle
High : West Valley High

Is Harmony Elementary a good school?

Harmony Elementary ranks 4120^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Harmony Elementary in?

Hemet Unified

How many students attend Harmony Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 826 students attended Harmony Elementary.

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