Is Harvest Valley Elementary a good school?

Harvest Valley Elementary ranks 4215 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Harvest Valley Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 775 students attended Harvest Valley Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Harvest Valley Elementary?

Students at Harvest Valley Elementary are 87% Hispanic, 11% White, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Harvest Valley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harvest Valley Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Ethan A Chase Middle High : Heritage High

Harvest Valley Elementary

Summary:

Harvest Valley Elementary is a public elementary school located in Romoland, California, serving 775 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Romoland Elementary District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harvest Valley Elementary faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, low academic performance, and a high concentration of students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has risen significantly, from 13.1% in 2018-2019 to 36.3% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, Harvest Valley consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 31.78% of Harvest Valley students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 37.25% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also below the district and state levels.

Interestingly, within the same district, Mesa View Elementary and Romoland Elementary perform significantly better than Harvest Valley in academic assessments, with higher proficiency rates in ELA, Math, and Science. Nearby schools in other districts, such as Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary and Freedom Crest Elementary (Menifee Union), also outperform Harvest Valley in academic measures. The high chronic absenteeism rates at Harvest Valley, coupled with the school's high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, suggest that socioeconomic factors may be significantly impacting student attendance and academic achievement.

Detail:

Public K-5

29955 Watson Rd.
Romoland, CA 92585-9767

(951) 928-2915

District: Romoland Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
4215^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Harvest Valley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ethan A Chase Middle
High:	Heritage High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.0

Number of students: 775

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.6%

White:

10.6%

African American:

1.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harvest Valley Elementary ranks worse than 71.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Romoland Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.85. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.6%), White (10.6%), African American (1.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 88.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harvest Valley Elementary is 25. 2 elementary schools in the Romoland Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Harvest Valley Elementary employs 31 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harvest Valley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harvest Valley Elementary 4215^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Harvest Valley Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Romoland Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Romoland Elementary 1061^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Harvest Valley Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	25.42	3533^rd	4809	26.5%
2005	24.69	3646^th	4822	24.4%
2006	24.29	3708^th	4818	23.0%
2007	25.46	3896^th	5113	23.8%
2008	24.67	3993^rd	5113	21.9%
2009	27.60	3871^st	5193	25.5%
2010	29.02	3922^nd	5314	26.2%
2011	32.36	3810^th	5377	29.1%
2012	17.54	4809^th	5390	10.8%
2013	24.22	4455^th	5530	19.4%
2015	27.55	3890^th	5611	30.7%
2016	22.10	4417^th	5614	21.3%
2017	29.53	3872^nd	5692	32.0%
2018	28.25	3970^th	5662	29.9%
2019	31.22	3838^th	5789	33.7%
2022	21.68	4678^th	5883	20.5%
2023	22.96	4563^rd	5874	22.3%
2024	26.85	4215^th	5862	28.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.70	2742^nd	3246	15.5%
2019	23.28	2988^th	3275	8.8%
2022	19.85	3208^th	3311	3.1%
2023	34.85	2178^th	3250	33.0%
2024	26.40	2772^nd	3160	12.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	41.05	1189^th	2420	50.9%
2024	44.28	1148^th	2634	56.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.90	3175^th	5084	37.5%
2019	44.87	2754^th	5173	46.8%
2022	28.67	3946^th	5264	25.0%
2023	28.20	4060^th	5374	24.5%
2024	33.06	3691^st	5511	33.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.70	4037^th	5413	25.4%
2019	28.97	3910^th	5492	28.8%
2022	19.03	4806^th	5635	14.7%
2023	22.63	4465^th	5617	20.5%
2024	25.22	4218^th	5605	24.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	36.01	1180^th	2128	44.5%
2019	31.92	1689^th	2585	34.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.12	3619^th	5431	33.4%
2019	34.53	3424^th	5510	37.9%
2022	26.31	4104^th	5663	27.5%
2023	24.22	4335^th	5650	23.3%
2024	28.95	3920^th	5636	30.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.48	3049^th	4830	36.9%
2019	41.23	2872^nd	4963	42.1%
2022	28.46	3842^nd	5084	24.4%
2023	31.94	3555^th	5098	30.3%
2024	35.61	3307^th	5102	35.2%

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Rank History for White students at Harvest Valley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	20.06	2380^th	2834	16.0%
2022	13.22	2438^th	2726	10.6%
2023	10.39	2464^th	2662	7.4%

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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 Harvest Valley Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1991	285	2	1	92	2	n/a	n/a	0	382
1992	325	5	1	96	0	n/a	n/a	0	427
1993	327	5	2	112	3	n/a	n/a	0	449
1994	322	2	1	125	0	n/a	n/a	0	450
1995	331	11	0	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1996	331	11	0	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1997	316	7	2	175	2	n/a	n/a	0	502
1998	358	10	3	214	2	n/a	n/a	0	587
1999	385	15	1	289	2	n/a	n/a	1	693
2000	378	8	3	301	3	n/a	n/a	0	693
2001	384	11	5	333	5	n/a	n/a	3	741
2002	375	13	4	462	3	n/a	n/a	1	858
2003	375	13	4	462	3	n/a	n/a	1	858
2004	361	27	4	496	5	n/a	n/a	0	893
2005	362	18	14	554	3	n/a	n/a	0	951
2006	275	13	20	532	3	n/a	n/a	0	843
2007	232	11	20	639	3	n/a	n/a	3	908
2008	128	14	15	445	3	n/a	n/a	0	605
2009	130	12	3	500	3	7	0	0	655
2010	142	9	4	539	4	6	0	0	704
2011	135	5	6	541	1	5	0	0	693
2012	122	6	4	487	1	4	0	0	624
2013	114	7	4	515	2	3	0	0	645
2014	113	6	6	607	2	8	0	0	742
2015	103	4	4	519	0	4	4	0	638
2016	83	9	4	531	0	3	3	0	633
2017	88	12	4	558	0	2	1	0	665
2018	85	10	5	594	1	0	2	0	697
2019	80	8	5	615	1	0	5	0	714
2020	78	7	7	636	1	0	3	0	732
2021	72	4	8	606	1	0	5	0	696
2022	68	6	5	607	0	0	4	0	690
2023	82	12	4	671	0	0	6	0	775

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 Harvest Valley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	382	13.0	29.3	n/a
1992	427	13.2	32.3	58.8
1993	449	16.6	27.0	65
1994	450	16.0	28.1	64
1995	530	18.0	29.4	73
1996	530	18.0	29.4	73
1997	502	19.0	26.4	70.1
1998	587	25.0	23.5	70.7
1999	693	32.0	21.7	72.4
2000	693	32.0	21.7	66.4
2001	741	35.0	21.2	66.8
2002	858	41.0	20.9	70.2
2003	858	41.0	20.9	70.2
2004	893	39.0	22.9	75.7
2005	951	42.0	22.6	73.7
2006	843	34.7	24.3	59.9
2007	908	39.6	22.9	n/a
2008	605	33.2	18.2	82.1
2009	655	33.0	18.7	79.7
2010	704	28.0	25.1	89.2
2011	693	n/a	n/a	87.7
2012	624	24.0	26.0	n/a
2013	645	23.0	28.0	92.9
2014	742	23.5	31.5	74.9
2015	638	23.0	27.7	88.1
2016	633	26.0	24.3	94.9
2017	665	27.0	24.6	93.5
2018	697	27.4	25.3	95.3
2019	714	28.0	25.5	91.6
2020	732	n/a	n/a	86.2
2021	696	30.7	22.6	90.1
2022	690	30.2	22.8	83.8
2023	775	31.0	25.0	88.8

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 Harvest Valley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	382	13.0	29.3	n/a
1992	427	13.2	32.3	58.8
1993	449	16.6	27.0	65
1994	450	16.0	28.1	64
1995	530	18.0	29.4	73
1996	530	18.0	29.4	73
1997	502	19.0	26.4	70.1
1998	587	25.0	23.5	70.7
1999	693	32.0	21.7	72.4
2000	693	32.0	21.7	66.4
2001	741	35.0	21.2	66.8
2002	858	41.0	20.9	70.2
2003	858	41.0	20.9	70.2
2004	893	39.0	22.9	75.7
2005	951	42.0	22.6	73.7
2006	843	34.7	24.3	59.9
2007	908	39.6	22.9	n/a
2008	605	33.2	18.2	82.1
2009	655	33.0	18.7	79.7
2010	704	28.0	25.1	89.2
2011	693	n/a	n/a	87.7
2012	624	24.0	26.0	n/a
2013	645	23.0	28.0	92.9
2014	742	23.5	31.5	74.9
2015	638	23.0	27.7	88.1
2016	633	26.0	24.3	94.9
2017	665	27.0	24.6	93.5
2018	697	27.4	25.3	95.3
2019	714	28.0	25.5	91.6
2020	732	n/a	n/a	86.2
2021	696	30.7	22.6	90.1
2022	690	30.2	22.8	83.8
2023	775	31.0	25.0	88.8

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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