Peralta Elementary

Peralta Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Jurupa Valley, California, part of Jurupa Unified. Current enrollment sits at 443 students spanning grades K through 6.

Jurupa Unified comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 17,739 students; Peralta Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Peralta Elementary records that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% 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, Peralta Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate 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. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Peralta Elementary is one.

Indian Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Peralta Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 80% to 86% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.