Lasselle Elementary

Lasselle Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school in Moreno Valley, California, part of Val Verde Unified, works with 812 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 75% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Val Verde Unified comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 19,065 students; Lasselle Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lasselle Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lasselle Elementary records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lasselle Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Lasselle Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vista Verde Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lasselle Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Lasselle Elementary's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 835 (now 812). Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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