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Mountain Vista Elementary

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Mountain Vista Elementary ranks 4041 st of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

4041^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 31% of California elementary schools

Summary

Mountain Vista Elementary serves 599 students in kindergarten through sixth grade in Indio, in the Coachella Valley, and is part of Coachella Valley Unified. In 2025–26, students’ proficiency was 37% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math and 21% in science. The clearest takeaway is that the school outperformed its district in all three subjects, but remained below state averages in every subject.

ELA is the school’s strongest showing against nearby schools: its 37% proficiency ranked fourth of 10, about 6 percentage points above the nearby average of 31%. Math ranked fifth, at 24% compared with the peer average of 22%; science also ranked fifth, at 21% versus 23%. Mountain Vista’s results were 5 points above the district in ELA, 5 in math and 6 in science, but 12, 14 and 15 points below state averages, respectively. Results vary by grade: third-grade math was 42%, the highest among nearby schools with results, and fourth-grade ELA was 40%, also the highest. Sixth-grade results were weaker: ELA was 26% and math 16%, below district results by 7 and 5 points. Most nearby schools serve kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no same-year local sixth-grade comparison.

Results have improved since 2022–23: ELA rose 7 percentage points, math 7 and science 6, though math fell from 27% in 2024–25 to 24% in 2025–26. SchoolDigger gives Mountain Vista 2 stars and a statewide rank of 4,031 out of 5,804, or the 31st percentile; its percentile has risen 11 points since 2021–22. Chronic absenteeism also declined 20 points, to 25% in 2025–26, below the district’s 37% but above the state’s 18%. In 2024–25, the student-teacher ratio was 21.3, compared with a nearby-school average of 23.2; 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Special Education Students reached the 64th percentile in 2025–26, 33 points above the school’s overall percentile. Its English Language Learner Students ranking has varied sharply, from the 14th percentile in 2022–23 to the 67th in 2023–24.

599

Students ?

21.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,745

Per pupil spending ?

76.8%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

98%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

49-750 Hjorth St.
Indio, CA 92201-6417

(760) 775-6888

District: Coachella Valley Unified

Students who attend Mountain Vista Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High
High:	Coachella Valley High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.0%

White:

2.2%

Asian:

1.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (30% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 15 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school30%

District avg24%

California avg42%

4,041^st of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 12 pts since 2016

From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Coachella Valley Unified

1305^th of 1,530Coachella Valley Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	29.3	4041 of 5817	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.0	4134 of 5857	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.2	3996 of 5869	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.8	4575 of 5859	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	4710 of 5883	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	1196 of 1417	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	4674 of 5789	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.9	4162 of 5662	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.9	4521 of 5692	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.4	4585 of 5614	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.4	4380 of 5611	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.4	4577 of 5530	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.6	4039 of 5390	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	32.0	3838 of 5377	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	36.2	3418 of 5314	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	35.3	3344 of 5193	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	28.6	3701 of 5113	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.1	4569 of 5113	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	13.3	4444 of 4818	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	15.3	4313 of 4822	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.4	4077 of 4809	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.1	1914 of 2227	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.6	187 of 293	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.1	2171 of 2585	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.0	1041 of 2128	51.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	52.8	1033 of 3162	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	26.5	2779 of 3245	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	49.0	1249 of 3311	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.6	205 of 602	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.4	1284 of 3275	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.2	880 of 3246	72.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	27.7	4050 of 5581	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.8	4025 of 5597	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	3916 of 5612	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.5	4647 of 5609	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.8	4335 of 5635	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	1036 of 1267	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	4600 of 5492	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	4156 of 5413	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	38.2	3135 of 5094	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.1	3152 of 5107	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.0	3045 of 5107	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.4	3664 of 5087	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	3765 of 5084	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.0	3691 of 4963	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.8	3160 of 4830	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	32.8	3734 of 5423	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.2	3890 of 5460	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	3848 of 5517	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.6	4250 of 5363	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	4299 of 5264	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.5	865 of 1110	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	4081 of 5173	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	3858 of 5084	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	3665 of 5603	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.7	3889 of 5628	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.1	3817 of 5643	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.1	4025 of 5638	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.5	4665 of 5663	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	1099 of 1272	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	4308 of 5510	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	3870 of 5431	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	108 of 123	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	51.1	1060 of 2927	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	41.6	1389 of 2847	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.2	1317 of 2635	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.4	1362 of 2420	43.7%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)67th percentile+35 vs school

Special Education (2026)64th percentile+33 vs school

Hispanic (2026)38th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2026)35th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)31st percentile~ school

Female (2026)27th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)14th percentile-6 vs school

Military Connected (2026)12th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Mathematics24%-14 vs state

Science21%-15 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mountain Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	49-750 Hjorth St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-6888	599	28	21.3	76.8%	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	575 (96.0%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	29.3	4041^st of 5817 public elementary schools	30.5%		28	4134^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.4%	93	21.3		21.3	38.5	39.7	43.6	26.3			37.2	42.3	25.0	16.0	16.3			24.4	98%	0%	$24,745	$5,159	$19,586
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Junior Academy	Public	K-5	47-368 Monroe St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 863-1544	592	26	22.7	81.1%	13 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	546 (92.2%)	17 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.4%)	35.2	3569^th of 5817 public elementary schools	38.6%		30.5	3918^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.1%	349	34.1		34.1	33.3	31.2	40.7				35.0	41.9	26.9	29.1				32.5	95%	1%	$23,295	$2,161	$21,134
James Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	80-845 Avenue 46	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3850	403	17	23.7	93.5%	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	359 (89.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.2%)	16.9	5070^th of 5817 public elementary schools	12.8%		10.5	5603^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	4.3%	533	23.3		23.3	15.8	26.8	31.5				25.3	13.8	16.1	16.4				15.5	81%	0%	$23,885	$1,905	$21,980
John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	45-100 Clinton St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3840	390	18	21.5	91.3%	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	376 (96.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	11.3	5521^st of 5817 public elementary schools	5.1%		8	5739^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.0%	218	10.6		10.6	21.9	17.7	25.8				21.4	19.2	16.5	6.1				14.3	≥ 98%		$24,720	$1,993	$22,727
Harry S. Truman Elementary	Public	K-5	78-870 Avenue 50	La Quinta	92253	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 777-4230	635	25	25.4	80.2%	71 (11.2%)	11 (1.7%)	488 (76.9%)	10 (1.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.0%)	36	3505^th of 5817 public elementary schools	39.7%		47	2759^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.9%	746	35.5		35.5	31.6	38.4	46.3				39.1	28.4	19.6	34.3				27.3	97%	0%	$21,584	$1,849	$19,735
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	83-200 Dr. Carreon Blvd.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3860	490	22	22.2	90.4%	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	460 (93.9%)	9 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	14.7	5250^th of 5817 public elementary schools	9.7%		16.7	5135^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.3%	115	12.8		12.8	29.4	23.5	20.9				24.3	23.5	15.3	15.1				17.6	93%	0%	$22,932	$2,047	$20,885
Imagine Schools Riverside County	Public, Charter	K-8	50-930 Calhoun St.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Imagine Schools Riverside County District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 391-9200	1,454	63	23.0	72.8%	31 (2.1%)	20 (1.4%)	1,382 (95.0%)	5 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (0.8%)	25.1	4377^th of 5817 public elementary schools	24.8%		26.1	4304^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.5%	73	23.8	29.6	25.8	27.7	34.2	32.8	38.3	36.5	46.6	34.8	26.7	28.9	14.5	20.3	15.5	18.2	21.5	97%	0%	$21,076	$1,563	$19,513
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary	Public	K-5	44-640 Clinton St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 863-3680	560	27	21.1	89.5%	13 (2.3%)	7 (1.3%)	513 (91.6%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.4%)	14.5	5264^th of 5817 public elementary schools	9.5%		13.9	5352^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.6%	88	11.9		11.9	24.4	29.6	25.0				26.4	15.4	14.8	15.5				15.2	95%	0%	$24,378	$2,077	$22,301
Herbert Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	44-300 Monroe St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3820	326	14	24.1	96.9%	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	298 (91.4%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	12	5471^st of 5817 public elementary schools	5.9%		12.8	5434^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.2%	37	15.8		15.8	17.0	14.6	29.8				21.0	11.9	2.4	17.5				11.5	88%	0%	$24,653	$1,798	$22,855
Coral Mountain Academy	Public	K-6	51-375 Van Buren St.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-3525	815	34	23.8	83.3%	14 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	795 (97.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	30.7	3938^th of 5817 public elementary schools	32.3%		32.9	3732^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	36.3%	206	21.2		21.2	37.7	38.7	36.5	36.2			37.3	34.1	29.3	24.0	22.6			27.1	≥ 99%		$25,880	$5,144	$20,736

Frequently Asked Questions about Mountain Vista Elementary

What district is Mountain Vista Elementary in?

Coachella Valley Unified

What is the racial makeup of Mountain Vista Elementary?

Students at Mountain Vista Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 2% White, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Mountain Vista Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 599 students attended Mountain Vista Elementary.

Is Mountain Vista Elementary a good school?

Mountain Vista Elementary ranks 4041^st of 5817 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Mountain Vista Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mountain Vista Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High
High : Coachella Valley High

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2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026

2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026

2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026

2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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