Valley High (Continuation)

Summary:

Valley High (Continuation) is a public high school located in Escondido, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 277 students. It is part of the Escondido Union High School District, which is ranked 721 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valley High (Continuation) consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in California, with statewide rankings ranging from 1,210 out of 1,290 in 2020-2021 to 2,135 out of 2,348 in 2022-2023. Its academic performance is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 10% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 0.83% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also has alarmingly high dropout rates, ranging from 20.3% to 26.4% in recent years, and extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 78.8% in the 2020-2021 school year. The four-year graduation rate at Valley High (Continuation) has been consistently low, ranging from 35.3% in 2019-2020 to 62.7% in 2022-2023, significantly below the state and district averages.

When compared to other high schools in the Escondido Union High School District and the surrounding San Marcos Unified School District, Valley High (Continuation) stands out as an outlier in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and student demographics. Schools like San Pasqual Academy, San Pasqual High, Escondido High, and Orange Glen High have significantly higher academic proficiency rates, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism than Valley High (Continuation).


Detail:

Public 9-12

 410 North Hidden Trails Rd.
       Escondido, CA  92027-5333


(760) 291-2240

District: Escondido Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
2114th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,870 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  279

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
91.8%
White:
5.0%
African American:
1.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.8% Help


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Compare Details Valley High (Continuation) ranks worse than 91% of high schools in California. It also ranks last among 5 ranked high schools in the Escondido Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.79. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Valley High (Continuation) who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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
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Compare Details Valley High (Continuation) has the smallest high school student body size in the Escondido Union High School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (91.8%), White (5%), African American (1.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Escondido Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley High (Continuation) is 15.9, which is the lowest among 5 high schools in the Escondido Union High School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley High (Continuation) is $13,870, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Escondido Union High School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley High (Continuation):

SchoolDigger ranks Valley High (Continuation) 2114th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Valley High (Continuation) in the ranking list.)

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Escondido Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Escondido Union High 721st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valley High (Continuation)

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Rank History for all students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 19.32 1304th 1653 21.1%
2005 25.74 1179th 1901 38.0%
2006 17.22 1551st 1968 21.2%
2007 19.86 1510th 2063 26.8%
2008 15.37 1735th 2117 18.0%
2009 22.84 1716th 2238 23.3%
2010 14.33 1858th 2281 18.5%
2011 17.12 1752nd 2367 26.0%
2012 14.98 1817th 2354 22.8%
2013 14.65 1900th 2426 21.7%
2015 11.65 1715th 1994 14.0%
2016 10.77 1817th 2039 10.9%
2017 9.42 1906th 2021 5.7%
2018 10.67 1793rd 2017 11.1%
2019 11.08 1973rd 2133 7.5%
2021 9.09 1210th 1290 6.2%
2022 11.39 1982nd 2123 6.6%
2023 8.95 2135th 2348 9.1%
2024 8.79 2114th 2323 9.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.27 914th 938 2.6%
2019 28.25 833rd 941 11.5%
2021 18.89 466th 467 0.2%
2022 27.52 923rd 1044 11.6%
2023 23.49 1168th 1323 11.7%
2024 19.53 1283rd 1350 5.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 19.86 1383rd 1547 10.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.47 1623rd 1862 12.8%
2019 12.12 1755th 1937 9.4%
2021 8.27 1068th 1126 5.2%
2022 12.65 1766th 1943 9.1%
2023 8.79 2070th 2247 7.9%
2024 9.55 1997th 2235 10.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 18.62 380th 451 15.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.99 1574th 1760 10.6%
2019 10.97 1633rd 1833 10.9%
2021 6.12 1020th 1054 3.2%
2022 9.83 1754th 1858 5.6%
2023 8.46 1989th 2118 6.1%
2024 8.10 1955th 2098 6.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 18.89 1131st 1161 2.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.94 1706th 1834 7.0%
2019 9.85 1797th 1880 4.4%
2021 8.72 1058th 1122 5.7%
2022 11.40 1781st 1916 7.0%
2023 8.79 2021st 2207 8.4%
2024 8.92 1957th 2172 9.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.95 1510th 1742 13.3%
2019 11.59 1646th 1814 9.3%
2022 11.59 1721st 1861 7.5%
2023 8.89 1945th 2142 9.2%
2024 9.12 1911th 2125 10.1%
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Rank History for White students at Valley High (Continuation)

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 3.28 1378th 1434 3.9%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Valley High (Continuation)

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 249 2 3 56 8 n/a n/a 0 318
1989 277 6 2 64 10 n/a n/a 0 359
1990 171 2 2 43 4 n/a n/a 0 222
1991 185 5 4 58 12 n/a n/a 0 264
1992 161 6 4 77 13 n/a n/a 0 261
1993 140 8 1 86 8 n/a n/a 0 243
1994 205 10 6 168 12 n/a n/a 0 401
1995 200 14 12 156 24 n/a n/a 0 406
1996 200 14 12 156 24 n/a n/a 0 406
1997 161 9 12 191 19 n/a n/a 0 392
1998 140 16 19 211 21 n/a n/a 0 407
1999 125 14 23 233 7 n/a n/a 0 402
2000 114 16 19 309 7 n/a n/a 0 465
2001 105 19 14 244 3 n/a n/a 0 385
2002 112 10 12 286 1 n/a n/a 0 421
2003 112 10 12 286 1 n/a n/a 0 421
2004 106 13 11 265 2 n/a n/a 0 397
2005 108 8 9 287 1 n/a n/a 1 414
2006 91 16 7 300 3 n/a n/a 1 418
2007 70 13 7 318 2 n/a n/a 3 413
2008 70 9 12 301 2 n/a n/a 0 394
2009 66 11 4 286 2 3 2 0 374
2010 41 14 6 302 5 3 0 0 371
2011 43 19 4 347 7 5 0 0 425
2012 41 9 2 313 8 3 1 0 377
2013 37 7 1 328 1 2 2 0 378
2014 42 7 2 340 1 1 0 0 393
2015 33 1 3 294 1 3 0 0 335
2016 27 6 4 278 2 2 0 0 319
2017 23 10 3 221 2 0 0 0 259
2018 13 4 0 212 0 0 0 0 229
2019 19 7 5 251 0 0 2 0 284
2020 17 2 8 206 0 1 2 0 236
2021 21 3 4 208 0 0 1 0 237
2022 13 4 2 208 1 0 10 0 238
2023 17 5 3 249 1 0 2 0 277
2024 14 4 2 256 0 1 2 0 279

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 High (Continuation)

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 318 12.8 24.8 n/a
1989 359 13.8 26.0 n/a
1990 222 11.5 19.3 n/a
1991 264 11.5 22.9 n/a
1992 261 11.7 22.3 n/a
1993 243 14.5 16.8 0
1994 401 14.9 26.9 0
1995 406 12.8 31.7 42.1
1996 406 12.8 31.7 42.1
1997 392 14.0 28.0 29.3
1998 407 13.8 29.5 37.3
1999 402 14.2 28.3 43
2000 465 17.0 27.4 13.8
2001 385 16.0 24.1 23.1
2002 421 13.3 31.7 12.1
2003 421 13.3 31.7 12.1
2004 397 16.0 24.8 15.9
2005 414 14.8 28.0 17.2
2006 418 16.4 25.5 20.6
2007 413 17.6 23.5 96.8
2008 394 22.0 17.9 48
2009 374 19.3 16.1 63.6
2010 371 19.4 19.1 99.2
2011 425 n/a n/a 71.3
2012 377 19.2 19.6 57
2013 378 20.8 18.1 78.3
2014 393 21.0 18.7 79.6
2015 335 21.0 15.9 82.4
2016 319 19.0 16.7 81.5
2017 259 18.4 14.0 78
2018 229 16.9 13.5 86.9
2019 284 16.3 17.3 85.2
2020 236 n/a n/a 92.8
2021 237 14.6 16.1 86.9
2022 238 15.8 15.0 87.4
2023 277 16.0 17.2 88.1
2024 279 17.4 15.9 91.8

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 High (Continuation)

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 318 12.8 24.8 n/a
1989 359 13.8 26.0 n/a
1990 222 11.5 19.3 n/a
1991 264 11.5 22.9 n/a
1992 261 11.7 22.3 n/a
1993 243 14.5 16.8 0
1994 401 14.9 26.9 0
1995 406 12.8 31.7 42.1
1996 406 12.8 31.7 42.1
1997 392 14.0 28.0 29.3
1998 407 13.8 29.5 37.3
1999 402 14.2 28.3 43
2000 465 17.0 27.4 13.8
2001 385 16.0 24.1 23.1
2002 421 13.3 31.7 12.1
2003 421 13.3 31.7 12.1
2004 397 16.0 24.8 15.9
2005 414 14.8 28.0 17.2
2006 418 16.4 25.5 20.6
2007 413 17.6 23.5 96.8
2008 394 22.0 17.9 48
2009 374 19.3 16.1 63.6
2010 371 19.4 19.1 99.2
2011 425 n/a n/a 71.3
2012 377 19.2 19.6 57
2013 378 20.8 18.1 78.3
2014 393 21.0 18.7 79.6
2015 335 21.0 15.9 82.4
2016 319 19.0 16.7 81.5
2017 259 18.4 14.0 78
2018 229 16.9 13.5 86.9
2019 284 16.3 17.3 85.2
2020 236 n/a n/a 92.8
2021 237 14.6 16.1 86.9
2022 238 15.8 15.0 87.4
2023 277 16.0 17.2 88.1
2024 279 17.4 15.9 91.8

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valley High (Continuation)

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $13,870

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Valley High (Continuation)

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1973rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 2135th of 2348 High schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley High (Continuation))5.45.7
 0.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Escondido Union High)57.653.7
 3.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Valley High (Continuation))00
   11th Grade Mathematics (Escondido Union High)20.815.8
 5.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Valley High (Continuation))1.53.1
 1.6%
   12th Grade Science (Escondido Union High)24.321.8
 2.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students284277
 2.5%
African American75
 28.6%
American Indian01
Asian53
 40%
Hispanic251249
 0.8%
Pacific Islander00
White1917
 10.5%
Two or More Races22
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.2%88.1%
 2.9%


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Students at Valley High (Continuation) are 92% Hispanic, 5% White, 1% African American.

Valley High (Continuation) ranks in the bottom 9.0% of California high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 279 students attended Valley High (Continuation).


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