Is Valley View Elementary a good school?

Valley View Elementary ranks 1173 rd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Valley View Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 657 students attended Valley View Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Valley View Elementary?

Students at Valley View Elementary are 39% Hispanic, 33% White, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Valley View Elementary attend?

Students who attend Valley View Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Pleasanton Middle High : Amador Valley High

Valley View Elementary

Summary:

Valley View Elementary is a public elementary school located in Pleasanton, California, serving 641 students in grades K-5 and part of the Pleasanton Unified School District.

While Valley View Elementary's academic performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally lower than the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas, the school faces some unique challenges. Valley View has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 2.7% in 2018-2019 to 20.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than nearby schools like Donlon Elementary and Lydiksen Elementary. Additionally, Valley View has a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (18.25% in 2022-2023) compared to other nearby schools, suggesting it serves a more economically diverse student population.

When comparing Valley View Elementary to other schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, it becomes evident that the school's academic performance lags behind its peers, particularly in the areas of English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. For instance, Donlon Elementary and Walnut Grove Elementary consistently outperform Valley View across various grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates often exceeding 80%. The higher chronic absenteeism rate and larger percentage of economically disadvantaged students at Valley View Elementary may be contributing factors to the school's relatively lower academic performance compared to its peers.

Detail:

Public K-5

480 Adams Way
Pleasanton, CA 94566-7198

(925) 426-4230

District: Pleasanton Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1173^rd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,676

Students who attend Valley View Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Pleasanton Middle
High:	Amador Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.2

Number of students: 657

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.8%

White:

32.9%

Asian:

17.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 19.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Valley View Elementary ranks better than 80% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.48. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Valley View Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.8%), White (32.9%), Asian (17.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 19.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Pleasanton Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley View Elementary is 23.2, which is the 4^th best among 9 elementary schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Valley View Elementary employs 28.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley View Elementary is $6,676, which is the 2^nd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley View Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley View Elementary 1173^rd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Valley View Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pleasanton Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasanton Unified 101^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Valley View Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	89.52	526^th	4809	89.1%
2005	91.32	422^nd	4822	91.2%
2006	92.29	373^rd	4818	92.3%
2007	95.54	192^nd	5113	96.2%
2008	91.10	418^th	5113	91.8%
2009	92.73	311^th	5193	94.0%
2010	88.12	569^th	5314	89.3%
2011	82.14	889^th	5377	83.5%
2012	82.31	895^th	5390	83.4%
2013	78.93	1112^th	5530	79.9%
2015	84.25	923^rd	5611	83.6%
2016	84.64	921^st	5614	83.6%
2017	88.58	725^th	5692	87.3%
2018	84.07	940^th	5662	83.4%
2019	76.70	1314^th	5789	77.3%
2022	86.96	856^th	5883	85.4%
2023	82.00	1096^th	5874	81.3%
2024	79.48	1173^rd	5862	80.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	47.25	369^th	610	39.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.62	560^th	3246	82.7%
2019	61.02	784^th	3275	76.1%
2022	35.49	2168^th	3311	34.5%
2023	46.53	1378^th	3250	57.6%
2024	31.43	2460^th	3160	22.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.65	1470^th	5084	71.1%
2019	44.19	2809^th	5173	45.7%
2022	36.06	3329^th	5264	36.8%
2023	33.14	3644^th	5374	32.2%
2024	50.02	2393^rd	5511	56.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.59	1060^th	5413	80.4%
2019	77.82	1182^nd	5492	78.5%
2022	83.36	950^th	5635	83.1%
2023	75.64	1260^th	5617	77.6%
2024	75.39	1273^rd	5605	77.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	59.39	595^th	2128	72.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	83.87	886^th	5431	83.7%
2019	71.04	1476^th	5510	73.2%
2022	87.43	757^th	5663	86.6%
2023	84.55	896^th	5650	84.1%
2024	80.70	1048^th	5636	81.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.52	391^st	1071	63.5%
2019	53.38	672^nd	1149	41.5%
2022	69.39	401^st	1154	65.3%
2023	62.19	570^th	1190	52.1%
2024	67.94	447^th	1203	62.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.24	1221^st	4830	74.7%
2019	57.51	1821^st	4963	63.3%
2022	74.20	973^rd	5084	80.9%
2023	73.11	1031^st	5098	79.8%
2024	68.40	1254^th	5102	75.4%

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Rank History for White students at Valley View Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	81.27	410^th	2737	85.0%
2019	72.31	726^th	2834	74.4%
2022	85.23	259^th	2726	90.5%
2023	76.44	571^st	2662	78.5%
2024	70.10	802^nd	2647	69.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Valley View Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	513	13	23	55	7	n/a	n/a	0	611
1990	554	12	41	36	7	n/a	n/a	0	650
1991	481	17	39	48	11	n/a	n/a	0	596
1992	493	10	42	58	10	n/a	n/a	0	613
1993	497	7	36	73	11	n/a	n/a	0	624
1994	534	11	42	65	7	n/a	n/a	0	659
1995	505	14	41	80	8	n/a	n/a	0	648
1996	505	14	41	80	8	n/a	n/a	0	648
1997	516	11	47	80	10	n/a	n/a	0	664
1998	510	13	65	86	5	n/a	n/a	0	679
1999	493	14	68	91	7	n/a	n/a	0	673
2000	477	14	75	105	6	n/a	n/a	9	686
2001	361	17	72	105	3	n/a	n/a	9	567
2002	397	19	76	123	5	n/a	n/a	9	629
2003	397	19	76	123	5	n/a	n/a	9	629
2004	420	16	69	134	5	n/a	n/a	10	654
2005	413	24	69	148	6	n/a	n/a	12	672
2006	439	12	72	147	7	n/a	n/a	15	692
2007	454	14	82	148	5	n/a	n/a	15	718
2008	429	16	77	151	5	n/a	n/a	0	678
2009	434	11	80	162	5	0	23	0	715
2010	440	11	73	178	5	0	25	0	732
2011	431	14	64	198	1	0	22	0	730
2012	401	15	66	220	2	0	21	0	725
2013	378	12	61	243	0	0	29	0	723
2014	333	11	74	229	0	0	34	0	681
2015	316	8	73	246	1	0	34	0	678
2016	300	6	85	241	0	1	41	0	674
2017	266	6	83	253	2	1	41	0	652
2018	277	7	80	235	1	1	44	0	645
2019	265	8	88	238	1	1	50	0	651
2020	254	11	96	239	2	2	58	0	662
2021	252	3	85	228	2	4	46	0	620
2022	207	9	92	218	2	2	59	0	589
2023	216	10	116	232	2	3	62	0	641
2024	216	7	117	255	1	2	58	1	657

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Valley View Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	611	25.4	24.0	n/a
1990	650	26.3	24.7	n/a
1991	596	24.8	24.0	n/a
1992	613	25.2	24.3	12.1
1993	624	24.5	25.5	11.5
1994	659	27.0	24.4	14.3
1995	648	27.1	23.9	20.1
1996	648	27.1	23.9	20.1
1997	664	26.0	25.5	20.8
1998	679	31.0	21.9	25.6
1999	673	31.0	21.7	17.2
2000	686	34.9	19.7	19.1
2001	567	33.6	16.9	16.5
2002	629	35.5	17.7	14.4
2003	629	35.5	17.7	14.4
2004	654	36.0	18.2	15.7
2005	672	36.7	18.3	14.4
2006	692	35.8	19.3	14.5
2007	718	36.8	19.5	12.9
2008	678	38.3	17.7	12.5
2009	715	32.0	21.0	12.7
2010	732	32.7	22.3	17.2
2011	730	n/a	n/a	18.8
2012	725	33.2	21.8	n/a
2013	723	30.1	24.0	18.9
2014	681	26.0	26.1	14.1
2015	678	29.0	23.3	21.2
2016	674	28.0	24.0	23.6
2017	652	28.0	23.2	25.2
2018	645	26.1	24.6	23.4
2019	651	27.0	24.1	25
2020	662	n/a	n/a	23
2021	620	29.1	21.2	22.4
2022	589	30.7	19.1	20.4
2023	641	29.0	22.1	18.3
2024	657	28.2	23.2	19.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Valley View Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	611	25.4	24.0	n/a
1990	650	26.3	24.7	n/a
1991	596	24.8	24.0	n/a
1992	613	25.2	24.3	12.1
1993	624	24.5	25.5	11.5
1994	659	27.0	24.4	14.3
1995	648	27.1	23.9	20.1
1996	648	27.1	23.9	20.1
1997	664	26.0	25.5	20.8
1998	679	31.0	21.9	25.6
1999	673	31.0	21.7	17.2
2000	686	34.9	19.7	19.1
2001	567	33.6	16.9	16.5
2002	629	35.5	17.7	14.4
2003	629	35.5	17.7	14.4
2004	654	36.0	18.2	15.7
2005	672	36.7	18.3	14.4
2006	692	35.8	19.3	14.5
2007	718	36.8	19.5	12.9
2008	678	38.3	17.7	12.5
2009	715	32.0	21.0	12.7
2010	732	32.7	22.3	17.2
2011	730	n/a	n/a	18.8
2012	725	33.2	21.8	n/a
2013	723	30.1	24.0	18.9
2014	681	26.0	26.1	14.1
2015	678	29.0	23.3	21.2
2016	674	28.0	24.0	23.6
2017	652	28.0	23.2	25.2
2018	645	26.1	24.6	23.4
2019	651	27.0	24.1	25
2020	662	n/a	n/a	23
2021	620	29.1	21.2	22.4
2022	589	30.7	19.1	20.4
2023	641	29.0	22.1	18.3
2024	657	28.2	23.2	19.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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