Paradise Valley Engineering Academy

Paradise Valley Engineering Academy is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Morgan Hill, California, one of the schools within Morgan Hill Unified, with 442 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in Morgan Hill Unified (7,810 students total), Paradise Valley Engineering Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Paradise Valley Engineering Academy shows that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Paradise Valley Engineering Academy lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at Paradise Valley Engineering Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Paradise Valley Engineering Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 60.6%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) logs that median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Paradise Valley Engineering Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paradise Valley Engineering Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paradise Valley Engineering Academy at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paradise Valley Engineering Academy has ticked down 3%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 45% to 38%.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.