Is Mountain Valley Academy a good school?

Mountain Valley Academy ranks 1269 th of 5862 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mountain Valley Academy?

In the 2022-23 school year, 169 students attended Mountain Valley Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Mountain Valley Academy?

Students at Mountain Valley Academy are 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.

Mountain Valley Academy

Summary:

Mountain Valley Academy is an alternative public school located in Ramona, CA that serves grades KG-12 with a total enrollment of 169 students. The school is part of the Ramona City Unified School District, which is ranked 729 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mountain Valley Academy stands out for its consistently high 4-year graduation rates, ranging from 89.3% to 96.4% over the past 5 years - significantly higher than the Ramona City Unified School District average of around 54-65% and the California state average of around 55-59%. The school's students also outperform their district and state peers across multiple grade levels and subject areas in the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST science tests. For example, in 2023-2024, 71.43% of 11th graders at Mountain Valley Academy were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 54.42% in the district and 55.73% statewide. Additionally, Mountain Valley Academy has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 18.8 to 25.4 over the past 3 years, lower than many nearby alternative schools.

When compared to other alternative schools in the surrounding area, Mountain Valley Academy stands out for its higher graduation rates and test scores. For example, Valley Center Prep and Diego Valley East Public Charter have lower graduation rates (80.8% and 6.7% respectively) and significantly lower test scores than Mountain Valley Academy. The combination of small class sizes, targeted instruction, and a focus on supporting at-risk students may be contributing to the school's strong academic performance and graduation rates, even as it serves a growing population of economically disadvantaged students.

Detail:

Public, Alternative K-12

1010 Ramona St.
Ramona, CA 92065-3222

(760) 787-3600

District: Ramona City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1269^th of 5,862 California Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,350

Student/teacher ratio: 18.8

Number of students: 169

Racial breakdown:

White:

65.1%

Hispanic:

27.2%

Two or more races:

6.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mountain Valley Academy ranks better than 78.4% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.39. (See more...)

Compare Details Mountain Valley Academy ranks better than 86.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.84. (See more...)

Compare Details Mountain Valley Academy ranks better than 87.7% of high schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.74. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Mountain Valley Academy who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

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 Racial makeup is: White (65.1%), Hispanic (27.2%), two or more races (6.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mountain Valley Academy is 18.8. (See more...)

Compare Mountain Valley Academy employs 8.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mountain Valley Academy is $5,350.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mountain Valley Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Mountain Valley Academy 1269^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Mountain Valley Academy in the ranking list.)

SchoolDigger ranks Mountain Valley Academy 383^rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Mountain Valley Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Mountain Valley Academy 286^th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Mountain Valley Academy in the ranking list.)

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Ramona City Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Ramona City Unified 729^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mountain Valley Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	73.09	1188^th	4809	75.3%
2005	81.32	873^rd	4822	81.9%
2006	67.46	1446^th	4818	70.0%
2007	67.86	1468^th	5113	71.3%
2008	57.13	1991^st	5113	61.1%
2009	50.62	2450^th	5193	52.8%
2010	55.50	2251^st	5314	57.6%
2011	55.64	2262^nd	5377	57.9%
2012	60.16	2035^th	5390	62.2%
2013	79.80	1066^th	5530	80.7%
2018	95.76	233^rd	5662	95.9%
2019	86.52	818^th	5789	85.9%
2022	91.50	623^rd	5883	89.4%
2024	77.39	1269^th	5862	78.4%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	67.55	915^th	2834	67.7%
2022	72.68	710^th	2726	74.0%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	80.69	279^th	1769	84.2%
2005	84.09	216^th	1777	87.8%
2006	78.12	321^st	1804	82.2%
2007	67.89	528^th	1999	73.6%
2008	65.25	591^st	2005	70.5%
2009	71.51	476^th	2063	76.9%
2010	69.55	560^th	2179	74.3%
2011	69.55	565^th	2236	74.7%
2012	82.75	241^st	2259	89.3%
2013	89.85	88^th	2379	96.3%
2017	84.73	364^th	2508	85.5%
2018	82.23	407^th	2480	83.6%
2019	85.27	365^th	2715	86.6%
2022	92.72	205^th	2740	92.5%
2023	77.31	543^rd	2802	80.6%
2024	84.84	383^rd	2777	86.2%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	83.56	267^th	2549	89.5%
2024	91.59	161^st	2575	93.7%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.71	569^th	2262	74.8%
2019	83.77	345^th	2380	85.5%
2022	94.49	140^th	2509	94.4%
2023	63.79	743^rd	2547	70.8%
2024	83.28	383^rd	2546	85.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	94.43	152^nd	2547	94.0%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	68.96	461^st	1496	69.2%
2022	88.98	87^th	1555	94.4%
2024	80.19	231^st	1535	85.0%

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

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Rank History for all high school students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	72.76	148^th	1653	91.0%
2005	78.75	104^th	1901	94.5%
2006	77.04	163^rd	1968	91.7%
2007	79.90	121^st	2063	94.1%
2008	78.42	145^th	2117	93.2%
2009	70.46	246^th	2238	89.0%
2010	84.25	81^st	2281	96.4%
2011	82.60	109^th	2367	95.4%
2012	83.43	96^th	2354	95.9%
2013	84.26	83^rd	2426	96.6%
2017	86.75	271^st	2021	86.6%
2018	95.60	73^rd	2017	96.4%
2019	96.40	73^rd	2133	96.6%
2021	83.13	213^th	1290	83.5%
2022	80.61	362^nd	2123	82.9%
2023	89.23	192^nd	2348	91.8%
2024	82.74	286^th	2323	87.7%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	97.53	42^nd	1937	97.8%
2023	87.54	172^nd	2247	92.3%
2024	84.54	213^th	2235	90.5%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	93.01	99^th	1760	94.4%
2019	96.08	62^nd	1833	96.6%
2022	74.08	411^th	1858	77.9%
2023	77.59	339^th	2118	84.0%
2024	82.61	260^th	2098	87.6%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	93.45	114^th	1880	93.9%
2023	93.82	111^th	2207	95.0%
2024	76.90	354^th	2172	83.7%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	82.60	210^th	2142	90.2%
2024	84.63	176^th	2125	91.7%

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Rank History for high school White students at Mountain Valley Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.75	116^th	1173	90.1%
2019	95.71	25^th	1222	98.0%
2022	68.13	351^st	1204	70.8%
2023	78.84	192^nd	1434	86.6%
2024	65.58	372^nd	1406	73.5%

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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 Mountain Valley Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	141	3	5	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	161
1989	181	1	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	192
1990	209	1	4	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	230
1991	230	2	7	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	254
1992	230	0	3	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	250
1993	261	0	8	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	294
1994	282	0	3	19	2	n/a	n/a	0	306
1995	299	1	7	25	6	n/a	n/a	0	338
1996	299	1	7	25	6	n/a	n/a	0	338
1997	314	1	10	18	7	n/a	n/a	0	350
1998	359	0	4	17	5	n/a	n/a	0	385
1999	336	3	4	9	5	n/a	n/a	0	357
2000	333	1	4	17	5	n/a	n/a	0	360
2001	342	3	5	19	3	n/a	n/a	0	372
2002	343	5	4	20	5	n/a	n/a	0	377
2003	343	5	4	20	5	n/a	n/a	0	377
2004	337	4	7	22	6	n/a	n/a	1	377
2005	350	2	8	25	4	n/a	n/a	1	390
2006	397	1	8	36	3	n/a	n/a	4	449
2007	489	1	8	47	6	n/a	n/a	1	552
2008	501	5	6	69	9	n/a	n/a	0	590
2009	513	4	2	70	9	1	8	0	607
2010	523	3	2	72	8	2	4	0	614
2011	503	3	4	77	8	3	30	0	628
2012	449	4	5	72	8	2	42	0	582
2013	418	4	4	70	9	0	9	0	514
2014	381	1	5	79	7	0	15	0	488
2015	200	1	4	19	3	0	7	0	234
2016	175	0	2	25	4	1	6	0	213
2017	176	0	2	27	2	0	7	0	214
2018	195	2	2	35	2	0	10	0	246
2019	177	1	2	36	1	0	5	0	222
2020	184	3	3	40	0	0	5	0	235
2021	188	2	2	44	0	0	11	0	247
2022	156	5	2	62	0	0	18	0	243
2023	110	1	1	46	0	0	11	0	169

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

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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 Mountain Valley Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	161	6.5	24.7	n/a
1989	192	7.0	27.4	n/a
1990	230	8.0	28.7	n/a
1991	254	8.4	30.2	n/a
1992	250	8.5	29.4	11.6
1993	294	9.9	29.7	0
1994	306	10.1	30.3	23.9
1995	338	12.1	27.9	22.2
1996	338	12.1	27.9	22.2
1997	350	13.7	25.5	21.4
1998	385	14.7	26.2	22.9
1999	357	14.9	24.0	21.8
2000	360	14.9	24.2	18.1
2001	372	14.9	25.0	16.1
2002	377	14.0	26.9	14.3
2003	377	14.0	26.9	14.3
2004	377	14.1	26.7	20.7
2005	390	15.0	26.0	12.6
2006	449	14.8	30.3	14.2
2007	552	16.5	33.5	14.5
2008	590	20.5	28.8	15.1
2009	607	21.8	25.3	20.8
2010	614	24.2	25.3	18.6
2011	628	n/a	n/a	17
2012	582	21.9	26.5	14.4
2013	514	18.7	27.3	22.8
2014	488	17.7	27.4	26
2015	234	9.0	26.0	9
2016	213	8.0	26.6	9.9
2017	214	10.0	21.2	14
2018	246	10.0	24.4	18.7
2019	222	8.4	26.2	19.8
2020	235	n/a	n/a	16.6
2021	247	9.7	25.4	21.5
2022	243	10.7	22.6	29.6
2023	169	8.9	18.8	40.2

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 Mountain Valley Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	161	6.5	24.7	n/a
1989	192	7.0	27.4	n/a
1990	230	8.0	28.7	n/a
1991	254	8.4	30.2	n/a
1992	250	8.5	29.4	11.6
1993	294	9.9	29.7	0
1994	306	10.1	30.3	23.9
1995	338	12.1	27.9	22.2
1996	338	12.1	27.9	22.2
1997	350	13.7	25.5	21.4
1998	385	14.7	26.2	22.9
1999	357	14.9	24.0	21.8
2000	360	14.9	24.2	18.1
2001	372	14.9	25.0	16.1
2002	377	14.0	26.9	14.3
2003	377	14.0	26.9	14.3
2004	377	14.1	26.7	20.7
2005	390	15.0	26.0	12.6
2006	449	14.8	30.3	14.2
2007	552	16.5	33.5	14.5
2008	590	20.5	28.8	15.1
2009	607	21.8	25.3	20.8
2010	614	24.2	25.3	18.6
2011	628	n/a	n/a	17
2012	582	21.9	26.5	14.4
2013	514	18.7	27.3	22.8
2014	488	17.7	27.4	26
2015	234	9.0	26.0	9
2016	213	8.0	26.6	9.9
2017	214	10.0	21.2	14
2018	246	10.0	24.4	18.7
2019	222	8.4	26.2	19.8
2020	235	n/a	n/a	16.6
2021	247	9.7	25.4	21.5
2022	243	10.7	22.6	29.6
2023	169	8.9	18.8	40.2

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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