Citrus Hill High

Citrus Hill High is a high school of substantial scale in Perris, California, part of Val Verde Unified, teacheing 1,630 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Citrus Hill High sits 95% above that benchmark.

Within Val Verde Unified, which oversees 22 schools and 19,065 students, Citrus Hill High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Citrus Hill High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Other groups include 3% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Citrus Hill High has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Citrus Hill High higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Citrus Hill High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.9%; this one delivers 33.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Riverside County) shows that median household income runs about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Citrus Hill High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mark Twain Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Citrus Hill High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Citrus Hill High has contracted 21%, going from 2,062 students in 2018 to 1,630 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 84% to 91%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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