Vista Verde

Vista Verde is an elementary school of large scale in Irvine, California, one of the schools within Irvine Unified, teacheing 837 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 80% bigger than typical.

Within Irvine Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 37,948 students, Vista Verde is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Vista Verde lists that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Vista Verde reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vista Verde performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.4%, the actual is 81.9%, a residual of +8.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Vista Verde is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Bonita Canyon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vista Verde. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vista Verde at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 74.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Vista Verde's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 933 (now 837). White enrollment moved from 54% to 42% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Vista Verde typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.