Sierra Vista Elementary

Located at 3560 Corona Ave., in Norco, California, Sierra Vista Elementary is a compact elementary school that enrolls 395 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Corona-Norco Unified.

Within Corona-Norco Unified, which oversees 51 schools and 49,370 students, Sierra Vista Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sierra Vista Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 32% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sierra Vista Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Sierra Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sierra Vista Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 36.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Riverside County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sierra Vista Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Norco Intermediate, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sierra Vista Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 41% to 32%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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