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Alumni: what's one memory from Valle Vista Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEMET UNIFIED·NCES 061692009144
Valle Vista Elementary
43900 Mayberry Ave., Hemet, CA 92544 · (951) 927-0800 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
23.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
591 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.8% | 20.7% | 21.8% | 46.7% |
| Math | 7.7% | 15.8% | 27.4% | 49.2% |
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 | 31.5% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 24.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.9% | 21.4% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 24.8% |
| 2017-18 | 27.0% | 22.6% |
| 2016-17 | 26.2% | 28.8% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Valle Vista Elementary
Valle Vista Elementary's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valle Vista Elementary this school | 672 | 87.9% | 26.5% |
| Phelan Elementary Phelan | 743 | 85.1% | 20.1% |
| John Stallings Elementary Corona | 627 | 87.4% | 31.9% |
| Little Lake Elementary Hemet | 734 | 87.6% | 20.5% |
| Sandia Academy Apple Valley | 848 | 88.2% | 11.9% |
| Wildomar Elementary Wildomar | 620 | 88.9% | 29.0% |
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 Valle Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #3,910 of 5,151 | #207 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,942 of 5,172 ▼ 435 | #191 of 283 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #3,826 of 5,172 ▲ 520 | #198 of 283 ▲ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #1,551 of 5,116 | #91 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #881 of 5,915 | #123 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,122 of 5,352 | #127 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #3,011 of 5,354 | #133 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #1,337 of 5,625 | #96 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #3,778 of 3,837 | #206 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
672
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 672 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 88% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 29 | 24.5:1 | 87% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 31 | 23.5:1 | 86% (626) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 31 | 22.9:1 | 88% (621) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 30 | 22.6:1 | 80% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 31 | 22.0:1 | 80% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | N/A | N/A | 68% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 50% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 32 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valle Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (677 to 672); teachers down 3% (30 to 29).
About Valle Vista Elementary
Valle Vista Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Hemet, California. It reported 672 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 45% above average.
Valle Vista Elementary sits within Hemet Unified, which has 27 schools and 22,778 students.
More than half of enrollment at Valle Vista Elementary is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups make up 21% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Valle Vista Elementary scores 47%.
Valle Vista Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. At Valle Vista Elementary, 88% 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.
Valle Vista 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 31% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.0%.
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.
Valle Vista Elementary's nearest public school is Bautista Creek Elementary (about 1.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Valle Vista Elementary. Valle Vista Elementary places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Valle Vista Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 709 (2020-21) to 672 (2024-25).
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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 Hemet Unified
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other schools in Hemet
- Hemet HighHigh · 2,414 students
- West Valley HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Tahquitz HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Diamond Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,123 students
- Dartmouth MiddleMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rancho Viejo MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
Other Valle Vista Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Valle Vista Elementary. Valle Vista Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Valle Vista ElementaryRancho Cucamonga, CA · 471 students
- Valle Vista ElementarySan Jose, CA · 204 students
- VALLE VISTA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Bautista Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 959
- Little Lake Elementary2.0 mi · 734
- Noli School2.3 mi · 95
- Hemet Dual Language Academy2.4 mi · 476
- Dartmouth Middle2.4 mi · 1,113
- Hemet High2.4 mi · 2,414
Frequently asked questions
About Valle Vista ElementaryHow large is Valle Vista Elementary?
Valle Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 672 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Valle Vista Elementary serve?
Valle Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valle Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valle Vista Elementary is approximately 23.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Valle Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Valle Vista Elementary are roughly 21% White, 69% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Valle Vista Elementary in?
Valle Vista Elementary is part of Hemet Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.