Val Verde Elementary

Val Verde Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Perris, California, operated by Val Verde Unified. The school enrolls 693 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 49% above typical.

Within Val Verde Unified, which oversees 22 schools and 19,065 students, Val Verde Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Val Verde Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Val Verde Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Val Verde Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Riverside County put the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Val Verde Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

The closest other public school is Triple Crown Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Val Verde Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Val Verde Elementary has edged down 15%, going from 815 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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