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Enrollment
1,419
Middle
DISTRICT 1,104 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580009159
Vista Heights Middle
23049 Old Lake Dr., Moreno Valley, CA 92557 · (951) 571-4300 · Riverside County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,419 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,140 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 459 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 480 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 480 | 34% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
40.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
22.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 29.0% | 26.7% | 32.4% |
| Math | 10.2% | 12.5% | 25.6% | 51.7% |
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 | 40.9% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 38.7% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 38.7% | 21.3% |
| 2018-19 | 38.4% | 29.9% |
| 2017-18 | 39.9% | 28.3% |
| 2016-17 | 34.5% | 22.4% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Vista Heights Middle
Vista Heights Middle's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Heights Middle this school | 1,419 | 80.3% | 31.3% |
| Wayne Ruble Middle Fontana | 1,394 | 77.0% | 41.6% |
| Mountain View Middle Moreno Valley | 1,114 | 87.1% | 25.8% |
| Palm Middle Moreno Valley | 999 | 84.4% | 28.4% |
| Stephen M. White Middle Carson | 1,423 | 82.2% | 43.2% |
| Alexander Fleming Middle Lomita | 1,110 | 88.8% | 38.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Vista Heights Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #712 of 1,224 | #35 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #781 of 1,227 ▼ 61 | #38 of 78 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #695 of 1,227 ▼ 15 | #35 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #652 of 1,214 | #44 of 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,419 | #30 of 1,377 | #4 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #710 of 1,279 | #24 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #717 of 1,278 | #36 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #541 of 1,329 | #45 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #125 of 257 | #6 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,419
+70 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,685
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,419 | 66.1 | 21.5:1 | 80% (1,140) |
| 2023-24 | 1,454 | 62.1 | 23.4:1 | 81% (1,185) |
| 2022-23 | 1,382 | 63.2 | 21.9:1 | 58% (804) |
| 2020-21 | 1,349 | 66 | 20.4:1 | 85% (1,153) |
| 2017-18 | 1,327 | 59.8 | 22.2:1 | 75% (992) |
| 2015-16 | 1,378 | 51 | 27.0:1 | 76% (1,053) |
| 2010-11 | 1,485 | N/A | N/A | 68% (1,006) |
| 2000-01 | 1,350 | 57 | 23.7:1 | 35% (475) |
| 1990-91 | 1,685 | 73 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Heights Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,327 to 1,419); teachers up 11% (59.8 to 66.1).
About Vista Heights Middle
Vista Heights Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in Moreno Valley, California. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 1,419 students. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 115% higher.
Moreno Valley Unified has a total of 38 schools and 31,001 students, Vista Heights Middle among them.
More than half of enrollment at Vista Heights Middle is Hispanic: 71%. Next come 13% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 51% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Vista Heights Middle scores 47%.
Vista Heights Middle reported 66.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.5:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. There are 1,140 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 80% of enrollment.
Among California public middle schools, Vista Heights Middle outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.5%. Vista Heights Middle scores 31.3%.
The school's county is Riverside County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $93,074, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Riverside County's 543 public schools enroll about 424,872 students and include Vista Heights Middle.
Vista Heights Middle is about 0.3 miles from Canyon Springs High, its nearest public school. Vista Heights Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Vista Heights Middle ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 31.3% versus a 32.9% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 1,349 to 1,419, a 5% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.5:1.
People who know Vista Heights Middle can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
- Mountain View MiddleMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other Vista Heights Middle schools
One other US public school is named Vista Heights Middle. Vista Heights Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vista Heights MiddleSARATOGA SPRINGS, UT · 1,671 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Springs High0.3 mi · 2,251
- Hidden Springs Elementary0.9 mi · 565
- Honey Hollow Elementary1.2 mi · 632
- Sugar Hill Elementary1.3 mi · 629
- Midland Elementary1.4 mi · 553
- Box Springs Elementary1.6 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Heights MiddleHow many students attend Vista Heights Middle?
Vista Heights Middle enrolls approximately 1,419 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Vista Heights Middle serve?
Vista Heights Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vista Heights Middle?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Vista Heights Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vista Heights Middle?
At Vista Heights Middle, the student body is approximately 8% White, 71% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Vista Heights Middle public or private?
Vista Heights Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moreno Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.