Chaparral Hills Elementary

Set in Moreno Valley, California, Chaparral Hills Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, run under Moreno Valley Unified. It hosts 547 students across grades K through 5.

Within Moreno Valley Unified, which oversees 38 schools and 31,001 students, Chaparral Hills Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Chaparral Hills Elementary shows that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chaparral Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 25.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Chaparral Hills Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Badger Springs Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chaparral Hills Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chaparral Hills Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 21.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chaparral Hills Elementary has ticked down 26%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 547 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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