Good Hope Elementary

Good Hope Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Perris, California, part of Perris Elementary, caters to 648 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Good Hope Elementary sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Perris Elementary runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,518 students. Good Hope Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Good Hope Elementary reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Good Hope Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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, Good Hope Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 20.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Good Hope Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

The closest other public school is Enchanted Hills Elementary, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Good Hope Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.