Valle Del Sol Elementary, Coachella CA

Original Research by School Decision on Valle Del Sol Elementary

Valle del Sol Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Coachella, a predominantly Latino working-class desert city in eastern Riverside County. The school's enrollment is small, distributed fairly evenly across its seven grade bands. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is nearly entirely Hispanic. Specific data on English learners and students with disabilities was not available.

On California's state assessments in 2024-25, Valle del Sol's proficiency rates sit below where most schools perform. In English language arts across tested grades (3-6), students met proficiency standards at rates in the mid to high-30s, with fifth grade performing somewhat higher. In mathematics, proficiency rates were notably lower, ranging from the low-20s to upper-30s depending on grade, with sixth grade showing the lowest performance. Science proficiency at fifth grade, the only grade tested, was in the low-20s. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index placed it above the midpoint among Riverside County's school districts, a modest but real positive marker when measured against the county's full cohort.

The school operates within Coachella Valley Unified, which recently opened a new neighborhood elementary school on the district's eastern side and has standardized a dual-language immersion program across all elementary campuses as a kindergarten program of choice. Valle del Sol itself offers dual-language immersion, giving families the option of a Spanish-English biliteracy pathway beginning in kindergarten if they choose it. The data did not specify other programs, course pathways, or staff resources at this elementary campus.

Coachella itself is a city in transition, with downtown revitalization centered on the Pueblo Viejo district. The median home price in the area is modest by regional standards, below nearby Palm Springs. The city has invested in walkability in its downtown core and is building transit and green infrastructure through projects like the Grapefruit Boulevard urban greening corridor and the CV Link active-transportation pathway. Most employment in Coachella comes from retail, administrative services, construction, and agriculture, with healthcare expanding through new facilities. The Coachella Library serves as a civic anchor downtown, and SunLine Transit provides local bus service.

Valle del Sol sits in a school system serving a high-poverty, predominantly Latino student population with significant English learner representation. A parent considering this school may want to look further into the school's approach to addressing the proficiency gaps shown in state testing, particularly in mathematics, and into what English learner supports and dual-language programming specifics are available. The school's position above the county proficiency midpoint suggests the school is not an outlier within its regional context, but the absolute proficiency levels indicate that many students are not meeting grade-level standards, and understanding the school's strategy for moving students forward would be important for family decision-making.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 31% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 17% · ▲ 13 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 27% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 26% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 27% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 30% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 38% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 13% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolCoachella Valley Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.