Manuel L. Real Elementary

Manuel L. Real Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Perris, California, operated by Val Verde Unified, teaches 593 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Manuel L. Real Elementary sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

Within Val Verde Unified, which oversees 22 schools and 19,065 students, Manuel L. Real Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Manuel L. Real Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder looks like 3% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Manuel L. Real Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Manuel L. Real Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Riverside County shows 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), Manuel L. Real Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tomas Rivera Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Manuel L. Real Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Manuel L. Real Elementary's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 618 (now 593). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Manuel L. Real Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.