Bella Vista Elementary

Bella Vista Elementary is an elementary school of big scale in Desert Hot Springs, California, one of the schools within Palm Springs Unified, enrolling 779 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Palm Springs Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 20,007 students, Bella Vista Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bella Vista Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 14% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Bella Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

Around the school, Riverside County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bella Vista Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

The closest other public school is Painted Hills Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bella Vista Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 22.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bella Vista Elementary has rose 5%, going from 741 students in 2018 to 779 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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