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Valle Vista Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4607^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of California elementary schools

Summary

Valle Vista Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 672 students in the Hemet Unified district, operating in a context where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school performs below state averages but shows a relative strength in mathematics, where its proficiency rates are actually higher than the Hemet Unified district average, particularly in the early grades. However, this progress isn't always sustained, with a notable drop in math scores by 5th grade. The school has made significant progress in reducing chronic student absenteeism, now performing better in this area than the district average and several nearby schools like Jacob Wiens Elementary and Hemet Elementary.

When compared to other schools, Hemet Dual Language Academy stands out in the same district with stronger academic results and much lower absenteeism, despite similar student demographics. Valle Vista's performance for specific student groups, such as those in Special Education, has shown concerning year-to-year inconsistency. The school's statewide ranking has declined over the past decade, a trend seen across the district, even though Hemet Unified spends considerably more per student than neighboring districts like San Jacinto Unified.

672

Students ?

23.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,514

Per pupil spending ?

87.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

43900 Mayberry Ave.
Hemet, CA 92544-6634

(951) 927-0800

District: Hemet Unified

Students who attend Valle Vista Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Dartmouth Middle
High:	Hemet High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.5%

White:

21.4%

Two or more races:

4.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 41st percentile in 2013 → 21st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg24%

California avg41%

4,607^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 20 pts since 2015

From bottom 42% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Hemet Unified

1170^th of 1,543Hemet 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
2025	22.8	4607 of 5857	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	4585 of 5869	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	4734 of 5859	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	4814 of 5883	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	4916 of 5789	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.2	4831 of 5662	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.0	4258 of 5692	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	35.2	3399 of 5614	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	35.6	3279 of 5611	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	40.9	3258 of 5530	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	35.4	3572 of 5390	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	38.8	3334 of 5377	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.3	2956 of 5314	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	53.1	2293 of 5193	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2008	45.4	2644 of 5113	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	42.6	2754 of 5113	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	47.2	2314 of 4818	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2005	46.4	2371 of 4822	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2004	59.5	1738 of 4809	63.9%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	32.2	1387 of 2227	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.5	2035 of 2585	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.3	1420 of 2128	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.0	2335 of 3162	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	3088 of 3245	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	3223 of 3311	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	2811 of 3275	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	2791 of 3246	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	4436 of 5597	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	4513 of 5612	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	4665 of 5609	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	4322 of 5635	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	4768 of 5492	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	4785 of 5413	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.0	3759 of 5107	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.9	3358 of 5107	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.5	4062 of 5087	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.2	4106 of 5084	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	4579 of 4963	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	3929 of 4830	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	4260 of 5460	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	4185 of 5517	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	4561 of 5363	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	4326 of 5264	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	4440 of 5173	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	4772 of 5084	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	4353 of 5628	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	4231 of 5643	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	4402 of 5638	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	4819 of 5663	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	4558 of 5510	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	4492 of 5431	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.6	139 of 153	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	114 of 118	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.3	133 of 140	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.4	126 of 130	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	2711 of 2847	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	35.0	1561 of 2635	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.6	1874 of 2420	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	2329 of 2598	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	2451 of 2651	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	2377 of 2661	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	2543 of 2726	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.3	2569 of 2834	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.5	2660 of 2737	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)38th percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile+5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)26th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)21st percentile~ school

White (2025)10th percentile-11 vs school

Military Connected (2025)9th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2025)5th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-17 vs state

Mathematics23%-14 vs state

Science11%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Valle Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	43900 Mayberry Ave.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 927-0800	672	29	23.1	87.9%	144 (21.4%)	25 (3.7%)	467 (69.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.5%)	22.8	4607^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.3%		22.9	4585^th of 5869 public elementary schools	21.9%	22	11.3		11.3	38.2	28.1	29.0				31.5	37.3	22.7	12.1				23.5	97.4				97.4		$20,514	$2,591	$17,923
Bautista Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	441 Lake St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 927-0822	959	45	21.3	83.7%	232 (24.2%)	47 (4.9%)	619 (64.5%)	6 (0.6%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	46 (4.8%)	23.1	4579^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.8%		22.3	4652^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	20.7%	73	17.3		17.3	32.7	30.8	35.7				33.2	31.5	16.0	14.8				20.8	86.0	92.7	96.1	90.5	89.3	94.4	$21,548	$2,466	$19,082
Little Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	26091 Meridian St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1660	734	33	22.5	87.6%	122 (16.6%)	45 (6.1%)	535 (72.9%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (2.9%)	15.5	5229^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.7%		18.7	4963^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	15.4%	266	10.5		10.5	23.2	22.9	35.3				27.4	15.8	10.3	16.1				14.1	98.0						$22,023	$3,537	$18,486
Hemet Dual Language Academy	Public	K-8	26400 Dartmouth St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 927-8676	476	24	20.1	81.7%	18 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	447 (93.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	35	3582^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.8%		38.4	3281^st of 5869 public elementary schools	44.1%	301	14.6		14.6	43.8	30.7	43.8	37.8	69.4		44.6	45.3	27.4	20.8	27.0	14.3		28.1							$21,722	$2,387	$19,335
Ramona Elementary	Public	K-5	41051 Whittier Ave.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1670	702	31	22.4	92.7%	86 (12.3%)	61 (8.7%)	497 (70.8%)	10 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.1%)	19	4920^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.0%		14.5	5354^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.8%	434	14.2		14.2	34.0	18.7	34.0				28.8	29.3	15.0	11.3				18.5	93.5	95.4	97.2	97.2	94.4	96.3	$22,607	$3,001	$19,606
Park Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1157 East Commonwealth Ave.	San Jacinto	92583	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-6650	824	33	24.8	91.6%	66 (8.0%)	92 (11.2%)	601 (72.9%)	17 (2.1%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	38 (4.6%)	11.5	5535^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.5%		11	5625^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.2%	90	10.8		10.8	20.3	24.8	22.2				22.4	12.2	14.9	6.8				11.0	97.6	98.2		98.2		98.2	$11,135	$349	$10,786
Estudillo Elementary	Public	K-5	900 Las Rosas Dr.	San Jacinto	92583	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-1003	831	34	24.4	88.2%	44 (5.3%)	66 (7.9%)	636 (76.5%)	14 (1.7%)	47 (5.7%)	3 (0.4%)	21 (2.5%)	15.2	5245^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.4%		14.1	5380^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.3%	135	12.5		12.5	20.4	28.5	29.5				26.2	14.6	22.7	8.3				15.0							$10,475	$260	$10,215
Jacob Wiens Elementary	Public	K-5	935 East Campus Way	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 929-3734	580	26	22.3	96.4%	47 (8.1%)	80 (13.8%)	420 (72.4%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.3%)	14.5	5308^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.4%		10.8	5643^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	3.9%	335	14.1		14.1	22.7	28.3	24.7				25.5	15.6	18.4	7.1				14.1	93.0	97.0	96.0	97.0	96.0		$20,867	$2,495	$18,372
Hemet Elementary	Public	K-5	633 East Kimball Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1630	783	34	22.8	93.5%	83 (10.6%)	61 (7.8%)	607 (77.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.6%)	13.5	5382^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	8.1%		13.2	5462^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	80	10.4		10.4	17.6	26.6	29.8				25.4	16.5	13.2	9.6				12.8	92.7	96.4		93.3	95.8	96.4	$20,249	$2,534	$17,715
Edward Hyatt World Language Academy	Public	K-8	400 East Shaver St.	San Jacinto	92583	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-9391	594	25	23.8	87.9%	14 (2.4%)	15 (2.5%)	560 (94.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	26.4	4291^st of 5857 public elementary schools	26.7%		25.8	4291^st of 5869 public elementary schools	26.9%		20.3	26.4	23.1	31.4	25.4	27.0	61.7	55.6	50.0	39.9	30.0	22.0	15.9	16.7	26.7	28.3	23.4							$9,910	$343	$9,567

Frequently Asked Questions about Valle Vista Elementary

Is Valle Vista Elementary a good school?

Valle Vista Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.3% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Valle Vista Elementary attend?

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

Middle : Dartmouth Middle
High : Hemet High

How many students attend Valle Vista Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 672 students attended Valle Vista Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Valle Vista Elementary?

Students at Valle Vista Elementary are 69% Hispanic, 21% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What district is Valle Vista Elementary in?

Hemet Unified

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