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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMECULA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060002809502
Vail Elementary
29835 Mira Loma Dr., Temecula, CA 92592 · (951) 695-7140 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
365 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.8% | 26.3% | 24.2% | 28.8% |
| Math | 12.9% | 15.8% | 32.4% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 49.1% | 40.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.2% | 33.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.5% | 35.8% |
| 2016-17 | 44.3% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vail Elementary
Vail Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Elementary this school | 563 | 64.8% | 37.2% |
| Rail Ranch Elementary Murrieta | 603 | 63.5% | 44.0% |
| E. Hale Curran Elementary Murrieta | 575 | 62.6% | 45.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Fresno | 631 | 62.3% | 57.6% |
| Avaxat Elementary Murrieta | 617 | 68.7% | 34.1% |
| Toluca Lake Elementary North Hollywood | 503 | 65.4% | 54.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,735 of 5,151 | #112 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,355 of 5,172 ▼ 671 | #140 of 283 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #2,266 of 5,172 ▲ 530 | #92 of 283 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,741 of 5,116 | #69 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #1,715 of 5,915 | #199 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,611 of 5,352 | #94 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #1,398 of 5,354 | #60 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #3,243 of 5,625 | #224 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #589 of 1,139 | #34 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
563
-54 (-9%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 563 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 65% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 24 | 21.4:1 | 68% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 50% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 49% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 21 | 24.8:1 | 67% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 62% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | N/A | N/A | 49% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 30% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 926 | 35 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (521 to 563); teachers up 19% (21 to 25).
About Vail Elementary
In Temecula, California, part of Riverside County, Vail Elementary is an elementary school. Its 563 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% bigger than the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Vail Elementary is a school in Temecula Valley Unified. The district has 30 schools and 26,274 students.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Vail Elementary combined. The school is also 25% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. That is close to the 51% Hispanic share among all Riverside County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Vail Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The school employs the equivalent of 25 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.5:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.5% for Vail Elementary. The school posts 37.2%, 4.3 points below the prediction.
Within Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 543 public schools in Riverside County, with a combined enrollment of about 424,872.
The nearest other public school, Temecula Elementary, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Vail Elementary. On state test proficiency, Vail Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 4 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Vail Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 563, 9% below the 617 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 24.7:1 to 22.5:1.
The Vail Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Temecula Valley Unified
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Bella Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,249 students
- Temecula MiddleMiddle · 1,012 students
- Erle Stanley Gardner MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
Other schools in Temecula
- River Springs CharterCombined · 7,703 students
- Chaparral HighHigh · 3,136 students
- Great Oak HighHigh · 2,946 students
- Temecula Valley HighHigh · 2,739 students
- Empire Springs CharterCombined · 1,854 students
- Elite Academic Academy - LucerneCombined · 1,070 students
Nearby schools
- Temecula Elementary0.6 mi · 522
- Margarita Middle1.0 mi · 731
- Temecula Valley High1.1 mi · 2,739
- Empire Springs Charter1.4 mi · 1,854
- River Springs Charter1.4 mi · 7,703
- Harbor Springs Charter1.4 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Vail ElementaryHow many students attend Vail Elementary?
Vail Elementary enrolls approximately 563 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vail Elementary serve?
Vail Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Vail Elementary have?
Vail Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Vail Elementary?
Student demographics at Vail Elementary are roughly 25% White, 53% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Vail Elementary in?
Vail Elementary is part of Temecula Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.