Valley View High School

Moreno Valley · Riverside County · Moreno Valley Unified
Public Riverside County 🏛 Moreno Valley Unified → ~646 seniors CDS 3367124…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
2,629 (2018)2,786 (2026)
+6.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
645 (2018)634 (2026)
-1.7%

If this trend holds (+0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~2,806 +20 $0
3 yr (2029) ~2,847 +61 $0
5 yr (2031) ~2,889 +103 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Tracking baseline
Tracking county on both axes.

Enrollment and retention both close to Riverside County baseline. The demographic tide is the main mover; no internal break in the system, but no outperformance either. Chronic absenteeism is rising (25.0%, +10.3 pts since 2016-17) — a watch signal worth monitoring as a leading indicator.

-1.7%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-2.7%  Riverside County baseline
+1.0pp  gap vs. county
86.0%  retention (county median 85.4%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
86.0%
2,488 of 2,893 students

405 of 2,893 students who enrolled at Valley View High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Riverside County median
85.4% · school is in the 55th percentile of 94 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 45th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (2,397) 85.2%
Hispanic / Latino (2,161) 86.6%
Students w/ disabilities (414) 86.2%
Black / African Am. (308) 80.8%
English learners (308) 78.6%
White (183) 85.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Canyon Springs High School 83.4% Yucaipa High 89.1% Moreno Valley High School 82.1% Vista Del Lago High School 82.7% Rancho Verde High School 89.6%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
25.0%
691 of 2,768 students

Absenteeism is up 10.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Riverside County median
28.9% · school is better than 61% of 94 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 580
57.1%
incl. 22.6% exceeded
+7.4 pts above Riverside County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 579
20.0%
incl. 6.4% exceeded
+4.3 pts above Riverside County median (15.7%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 75% +1.9
Black / African Am. 10%
White 6%
Asian 3%
Two or more 2%
Filipino 2%
Not reported 1%
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 82%
Socioeconomically disadv. 13% -1.4
English learners 9% -1.4
Homeless 3% +2.9

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

District financial profile — Moreno Valley Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$547.5M
+14.7% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,326
31,597 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 70.2%
Local: 14.9%
Federal: 14.8%
Instruction share
61.2%
of current spending · $9,440/pupil
Long-term debt
$264.0M
+24.7% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Moreno Valley Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
15%
100 admits / 646 seniors
On the peer median (15.3%) · Ranked #5 of 9 similar schools
5-year trend
2020 · 8.6% 2025 · 15.5%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
15.5%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 15.5%

Higher than 43% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Valley View High School's UC Reach of 15.5% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Overall, Valley View High School's UC Reach is higher than 43% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
57.4%
371 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Riverside Co. Top 10% ≥ 124.1% · higher than 35% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
27.0%
100 / 371 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 55% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
22.0%
22 enrolled of 100 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
3.4%
22 enrollees / 646 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
398:1
7.0 FTE counselors · 2,786 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 60 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
55%
321 of 582 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9%.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
77%
62% finished in 4 yrs · N=47 entered 2019
In context: CA median 88.6% · -12.0 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
13.8
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 44% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
1.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 23% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
646
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
2,699
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
0.96
43rd percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Valley View High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Moreno Valley · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Valley View High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 9): 16% vs. a peer median of 15%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 4 points since 2018.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, Valley View High School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.809) alone would predict (27% actual vs. 19% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (645→634 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -5%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.7%/yr); projects to ~2847 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

2786 students (2026)
~2847 projected (2029)
at +0.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Valley View High School Public 2786 15.5% -2%
Peer-group median 15.3% -5%
Canyon Springs High School Public 2213 16.6% -8%
Yucaipa High Public 2818 +4%
Moreno Valley High School Public 2088 13.7% -2%
Vista Del Lago High School Public 1891 6.6% +10%
Rancho Verde High School Public 2091 22.5% -37%
Orange Vista High School Public 2332 20.3% +25%
Polytechnic High Public 2497 +1%
Redlands High School Public 2179 39.5% -14%
Perris High School Public 1985 10.3% -17%
Heritage High Public 2396 14.0% -16%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.81
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.16

Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus

How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?

Campus Applicant GPA (avg) Actual admit rate CA peer avg Δ Verdict
UC Berkeley 3.97 8.3% 12.2% -3.9pp On target
UCLA 3.79 8.6% 9.0% -0.4pp On target
UC San Diego 3.77 46.7% 25.9% +20.7pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 3.81 54.5% 26.7% +27.9pp Over
UC Irvine 3.82 25.3% 20.4% +4.9pp On target
UC Davis 3.68 40.7% 32.2% +8.6pp Over
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

Where Valley View High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 7.9 points above what their GPAs predict (27.0% actual vs. 19.0% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 48 4 8.3% 0.6% 3.97
UCLA → Elite 93 8 4 8.6% 1.2% 50.0% 3.79 4.26
UC San Diego → Selective 75 35 9 46.7% 5.4% 25.7% 3.77 4.16
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 33 18 54.5% 2.8% 3.81 4.16
UC Irvine → Selective 95 24 5 25.3% 3.7% 20.8% 3.82 4.17
UC Davis → 27 11 4 40.7% 1.7% 36.4% 3.68 4.06
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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