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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Bella Vista Elementary, Desert Hot Springs, CA

CEP schoolBella Vista Elementary is a public elementary school in Desert Hot Springs, part of Palm Springs Unified. It enrolled 779 students in 2024-25, with 21.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
779
Teachers (FTE)
37.0
Students per teacher
21.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 20.0. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.1
District20.0
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
65750 Avenida Jalisco, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
Phone
(760)251-7244
District
Palm Springs Unified
County
Riverside County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
062955004565
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
715
Reduced-price lunch
2
Free or reduced-price lunch
71792.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
510Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Palm Springs Unified

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.