Valle del Sol Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Coachella, California, Valle del Sol Elementary works with 649 students from grades K through 6, operated by Coachella Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Valle del Sol Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Coachella Valley Unified, which oversees 21 schools and 15,817 students, Valle del Sol Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Valle del Sol Elementary shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Valle del Sol Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Valle del Sol Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Valle del Sol Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bobby Duke Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valle del Sol Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Valle del Sol Elementary's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 805 (now 649). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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