Perris High

Perris High is a well-populated high school in Perris, California, overseen by Perris Union High. The school caters to 2,096 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 150% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Perris Union High comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 11,810 students; Perris High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Perris High reports that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Perris High records 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at Perris High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Perris High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household income runs about $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Perris High is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Innovative Horizons Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perris High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Perris High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.5%.

Perris High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Perris High's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 2,306 (now 2,096). Class-load math has fell: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Perris High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.