Val Verde Student Success Academy

Val Verde Student Success Academy is a tiny middle-grades school in Perris, California, one of the schools within Val Verde Unified. The school hosts 27 students in grades 6 through 10. That puts it 96% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Val Verde Unified runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 19,065 students. Val Verde Student Success Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Val Verde Student Success Academy lists that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 26% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 89% 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.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Riverside County) records that median household earnings sit near $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Val Verde Student Success Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Val Verde High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 170%: 10 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 0% to 7%. Class-load math has rose: from 2.5:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

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