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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Val Verde Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAL VERDE UNIFIED·NCES 069113510286
Val Verde Elementary
2656 Indian Ave., Perris, CA 92571 · (951) 940-8550 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
626 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 148 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 193 | 28% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (193).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Val Verde Elementary→Lakeside Middle
Based on grade levels within Val Verde Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 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 | 12.6% | 25.6% | 24.2% | 37.5% |
| Math | 4.9% | 12.7% | 28.7% | 53.6% |
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 | 38.2% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 31.6% | 16.4% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 11.9% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 19.7% |
| 2017-18 | 38.3% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 23.2% | 15.0% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Val Verde Elementary
Val Verde Elementary's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde Elementary this school | 693 | 90.3% | 27.2% |
| W. A. Kendrick Elementary Bakersfield | 699 | 92.8% | 63.1% |
| Linda Verde Elementary Lancaster | 680 | 88.5% | 17.1% |
| Liberty Elementary Riverside | 651 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Del Rosa Elementary San Bernardino | 659 | 92.6% | 16.4% |
| George Brown Jr. Elementary San Bernardino | 733 | 92.1% | 24.3% |
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 Val Verde Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #3,837 of 5,151 | #198 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,509 of 5,172 no change | #232 of 283 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #3,115 of 5,172 ▲ 263 | #153 of 283 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,123 of 5,116 | #61 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #797 of 5,915 | #109 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #856 of 5,352 | #16 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #4,296 of 5,354 | #232 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,063 of 5,625 | #73 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #2,032 of 3,837 | #100 of 207 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
693
-122 (-15%) vs 2017
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 1,048
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 25.5:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
88%
was 88%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
2%
was 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 | 693 | 34.9 | 19.8:1 | 90% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 34.9 | 18.3:1 | 90% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 33.3 | 19.2:1 | 92% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 32 | 25.5:1 | 89% (729) |
| 2000-01 | 1,048 | 47 | 22.3:1 | 69% (719) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Val Verde Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (815 to 693); teachers up 9% (32 to 34.9).
About Val Verde Elementary
Val Verde Elementary is one of the public schools in Perris, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 693 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. It has 49% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
The district, Val Verde Unified, operates 22 schools serving 19,065 students.
Hispanic students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. It is also 6% Black and 3% White. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Val Verde Elementary are from different groups.
Val Verde Elementary has 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. At Val Verde Elementary, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
Val Verde Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Val Verde Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 26.6%. Val Verde Elementary scores 27.2%, within a point of that line.
Census data for Riverside County show median household income comes to about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 543 public schools and about 424,872 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Triple Crown Elementary, is about 1.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Val Verde Elementary places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 7 years, enrollment fell by 122 students, from 815 to 693. Students per teacher dropped from 25.5 in 2017-18 to 19.8 in 2024-25.
The Val Verde Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Val Verde Unified
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
- Triple Crown ElementaryElementary · 971 students
Other schools in Perris
- Orange Vista HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Perris HighHigh · 2,096 students
- Citrus Hill HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 1,076 students
- California Military InstituteHigh · 1,031 students
- Tomas Rivera MiddleMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Triple Crown Elementary1.2 mi · 971
- Val Verde Academy1.4 mi · 151
- Val Verde High1.4 mi · 275
- Val Verde Student Success Academy1.4 mi · 27
- Innovative Horizons Charter1.4 mi · 894
- Perris High1.6 mi · 2,096
Frequently asked questions
About Val Verde ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Val Verde Elementary?
Val Verde Elementary enrolls approximately 693 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Val Verde Elementary serve?
Val Verde Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Val Verde Elementary?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Val Verde Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Val Verde Elementary?
At Val Verde Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Val Verde Elementary?
Val Verde Elementary is overseen by Val Verde Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.