📍 65750 Avenida Jalisco, Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, 92240
Bella Vista Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County. The school has 755 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Arseo. It is part of the Palm Springs Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
Bella Vista Elementary enrolls 755 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 7.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 543 | 72% |
| White | 96 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
713 of the school's 755 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bella Vista Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Bella Vista Elementary is one of 28 schools in Palm Springs Unified, based in Palm Springs, California. The district serves 20,008 students district-wide and employs 993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 755 students, Bella Vista Elementary is close to the district average of about 715 students per school.
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