Vista del Monte Elementary

Vista del Monte Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Palm Springs, California, overseen by Palm Springs Unified. Current enrollment sits at 435 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Palm Springs Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 20,007 students, Vista del Monte Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vista del Monte Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%); the rest is composed of 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Vista del Monte Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vista del Monte Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Riverside County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Vista del Monte Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Raymond Cree Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vista del Monte Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vista del Monte Elementary has decreased 16%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 82% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.