Summary
Good Hope Elementary is a K–6 school in Perris, California, serving 648 students in the Perris Elementary district. Its most important challenge is that proficiency is below district and state results in every tested subject: in 2025–26, 22% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math, and 15% in science, compared with 32%, 20%, and 18% in the district.
Among nearby schools, Good Hope is near the bottom in ELA and math, while science is its relative bright spot. It ranked second-lowest in ELA and lowest in math among nine schools with all-grade results; in science, it ranked fifth. The nearby-school averages were 30% in ELA, 18% in math, and 17% in science, putting Good Hope 8, 6, and 2 points below those averages, respectively. Its science result was closer to nearby schools’ results, but still trailed the state’s 36% and the district’s 18%. ELA and math were also well below state results of 49% and 38%. At the grade level, fourth-grade ELA was especially low at 14%, the lowest among nearby schools; Railway Elementary was next-lowest at 21%.
ELA and math have declined over the four reported years: ELA fell 5 points, from 26% in 2022–23 to 22% in 2025–26, and math fell 8 points, from 20% to 12%. Science fluctuated but rose 3 points overall, ending at 15%. Chronic absenteeism improved from 43% in 2021–22 to 34% in 2025–26, but remained above the district’s 26% and the state’s 18%; only Perris Elementary was higher among nearby schools with reported results. SchoolDigger gave Good Hope 0 stars and placed it in California’s 5th percentile in 2025–26, down from the 24th percentile in 2021–22. In SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well it serves English Language Learner Students, the school fell from the 71st percentile in 2021–22 to the 12th in 2023–24. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 23.1, and 84% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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