Val Verde Student Success Academy

Located in Perris, California, Val Verde Student Success Academy is a small middle school. The school enrolls 27 students, from grades 6 through 10. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.

Besides Val Verde Student Success Academy, Val Verde Unified runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 19,065 students.

At 63%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Val Verde Student Success Academy combined. The remaining students are 26% Black, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Riverside County, the Hispanic share is about 51%.

Val Verde Student Success Academy operates with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 6.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 89% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.

Census estimates describe Riverside County this way: median household income is about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Riverside County number 543 and enroll about 424,872.

Val Verde High is located less than a tenth of a mile from Val Verde Student Success Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 10 in 2017-18 and 27 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The White share was 0% in 2017-18 and 7% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 2.5:1 to 6.8:1.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.