Vista Verde Middle

Vista Verde Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in Moreno Valley, California, run under Val Verde Unified. Current enrollment sits at 900 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Across the 22 schools in Val Verde Unified (19,065 students total), Vista Verde Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vista Verde Middle logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest is composed of 22% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Vista Verde Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Vista Verde Middle qualify 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 north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vista Verde Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Riverside County) records that median household income runs about $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%. Vista Verde Middle is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

The closest other public school is Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Vista Verde Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Vista Verde Middle's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 993 (now 900). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.