Mountain Vista Elementary

Located at 49-750 Hjorth St., in Indio, California, Mountain Vista Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school that caters to 599 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Coachella Valley Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Coachella Valley Unified, which oversees 21 schools and 15,817 students, Mountain Vista Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mountain Vista Elementary logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 2% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mountain Vista Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mountain Vista Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -5.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household income runs about $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. Mountain Vista Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Vista Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 905 students in 2018 compared to 599 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Mountain Vista Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.