Valley View Middle

Summary:

Valley View Middle is a public middle school located in Simi Valley, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,140 students. It is part of the Simi Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 667 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The analysis of Valley View Middle's data reveals several areas of concern. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests, is generally below the Simi Valley Unified School District and the state of California averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's rankings for Hispanic, White, and Special Education students are in the bottom 25-40% of California middle schools, while the rankings for Asian and Multi-racial students are in the middle 50%. Additionally, Valley View Middle has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.1% in 2020-2021 to 21.6% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.

When comparing Valley View Middle to other middle schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District, such as Sinaloa Middle and Hillside Middle, the academic performance is generally lower, with Valley View Middle ranking in the bottom half of California middle schools, while the other two schools rank in the top half. Comparing Valley View Middle to higher-performing schools outside the district, such as Medea Creek Middle in the Oak Park Unified School District and the charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (e.g., George Ellery Hale Charter Academy, Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle), the academic performance gap is significant, with these schools consistently outperforming Valley View Middle by 20-30 percentage points in proficiency rates.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3347 Tapo St.
       Simi Valley, CA  93063-1238


(805) 520-6820

District: Simi Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1219th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,398 Help


Students who attend Valley View Middle usually attend:

High:    Simi Valley High

Feeder schools for Valley View Middle:

Elementary:    Big Springs Elementary
    Katherine Elementary
    Knolls Elementary
    Santa Susana Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  25.3 Help
Number of students:  1,140

Racial breakdown:

White:
45.6%
Hispanic:
35.7%
Asian:
11.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Valley View Middle ranks better than 56.1% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.77. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 View Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Simi Valley Unified School District. Racial makeup is: White (45.6%), Hispanic (35.7%), Asian (11%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Simi Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley View Middle is 25.3, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley View Middle is $6,398, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley View Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley View Middle 1219th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Valley View Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Simi Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Simi Valley Unified 667th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valley View Middle

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Rank History for all students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 80.19 286th 1769 83.8%
2005 80.29 282nd 1777 84.1%
2006 84.79 208th 1804 88.5%
2007 82.67 252nd 1999 87.4%
2008 78.75 315th 2005 84.3%
2009 82.71 236th 2063 88.6%
2010 79.28 321st 2179 85.3%
2011 73.62 447th 2236 80.0%
2012 74.57 455th 2259 79.9%
2013 76.51 418th 2379 82.4%
2015 68.41 676th 2477 72.7%
2016 63.36 793rd 2497 68.2%
2017 60.79 869th 2508 65.4%
2018 62.72 786th 2480 68.3%
2019 60.76 899th 2715 66.9%
2021 53.84 366th 894 59.1%
2022 49.98 1181st 2740 56.9%
2023 50.37 1155th 2802 58.8%
2024 47.77 1219th 2777 56.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.07 348th 462 24.7%
2019 29.48 421st 554 24.0%
2022 33.03 457th 665 31.3%
2023 51.01 345th 678 49.1%
2024 37.79 439th 699 37.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.91 419th 1364 69.3%
2019 48.10 465th 1442 67.8%
2021 45.79 137th 363 62.3%
2022 47.10 548th 1540 64.4%
2023 35.81 938th 1529 38.7%
2024 37.31 831st 1477 43.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 28.62 1130th 1538 26.5%
2024 32.34 1018th 1550 34.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.15 962nd 2230 56.9%
2019 41.84 1276th 2369 46.1%
2021 44.66 362nd 721 49.8%
2022 40.82 1310th 2458 46.7%
2023 39.87 1341st 2549 47.4%
2024 36.34 1517th 2575 41.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.80 671st 2262 70.3%
2019 59.42 845th 2380 64.5%
2021 52.27 309th 738 58.1%
2022 51.57 1031st 2509 58.9%
2023 46.89 1132nd 2547 55.6%
2024 45.70 1187th 2546 53.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.07 579th 1369 57.7%
2019 33.82 906th 1491 39.2%
2021 21.44 342nd 354 3.4%
2022 35.56 884th 1531 42.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.78 829th 2273 63.5%
2019 59.30 819th 2407 66.0%
2021 54.71 312th 763 59.1%
2022 48.02 1117th 2527 55.8%
2023 52.04 1005th 2558 60.7%
2024 48.10 1131st 2547 55.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.84 334th 700 52.3%
2019 59.49 352nd 745 52.8%
2022 45.92 448th 733 38.9%
2023 42.63 474th 718 34.0%
2024 46.64 448th 741 39.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.03 852nd 2072 58.9%
2019 50.54 933rd 2213 57.8%
2022 38.94 1324th 2359 43.9%
2023 37.65 1348th 2391 43.6%
2024 32.32 1551st 2383 34.9%
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Rank History for White students at Valley View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.14 914th 1496 38.9%
2019 39.46 961st 1602 40.0%
2022 28.67 1123rd 1555 27.8%
2023 29.12 1095th 1552 29.4%
2024 27.43 1108th 1535 27.8%
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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.

Valley View Middle Test Scores
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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Valley View Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 904 12 62 86 22 n/a n/a 0 1086
1989 824 13 71 92 16 n/a n/a 0 1016
1990 815 19 71 88 18 n/a n/a 0 1011
1991 846 20 64 104 20 n/a n/a 0 1054
1992 858 32 64 110 20 n/a n/a 0 1084
1993 876 26 77 110 17 n/a n/a 0 1106
1994 883 23 81 114 12 n/a n/a 0 1113
1995 820 22 78 117 7 n/a n/a 0 1044
1996 820 22 78 117 7 n/a n/a 0 1044
1997 706 19 81 121 14 n/a n/a 0 941
1998 1022 13 109 149 19 n/a n/a 0 1312
1999 1069 17 102 168 12 n/a n/a 0 1368
2000 1101 19 92 204 10 n/a n/a 0 1426
2001 1099 22 95 190 14 n/a n/a 0 1420
2002 1113 33 142 210 14 n/a n/a 0 1512
2003 1113 33 142 210 14 n/a n/a 0 1512
2004 1095 28 124 237 22 n/a n/a 0 1506
2005 1017 31 125 244 18 n/a n/a 3 1438
2006 947 23 132 260 12 n/a n/a 16 1390
2007 918 14 135 261 11 n/a n/a 25 1364
2008 961 17 151 264 13 n/a n/a 0 1406
2009 942 19 141 274 9 4 41 0 1430
2010 893 15 148 314 6 3 26 0 1405
2011 864 17 136 299 7 2 20 0 1345
2012 838 14 121 316 7 0 23 0 1319
2013 864 15 145 325 8 0 29 0 1386
2014 812 10 165 387 13 1 36 0 1424
2015 765 8 174 402 7 3 37 0 1396
2016 707 9 168 390 2 5 34 0 1315
2017 659 7 152 383 2 3 41 0 1247
2018 636 8 161 368 4 0 45 0 1222
2019 618 9 153 387 2 1 55 0 1225
2020 582 15 141 403 0 4 59 0 1204
2021 521 10 138 407 1 3 65 0 1145
2022 497 10 115 377 1 2 54 1 1057
2023 520 18 125 407 3 2 64 1 1140

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1086 45.0 24.1 n/a
1989 1016 46.8 21.7 n/a
1990 1011 44.7 22.6 n/a
1991 1054 41.6 25.3 n/a
1992 1084 42.3 25.6 8.2
1993 1106 46.8 23.6 8.9
1994 1113 46.4 24.0 10.2
1995 1044 40.7 25.7 10.1
1996 1044 40.7 25.7 10.1
1997 941 38.2 24.6 14.6
1998 1312 49.0 26.8 13.2
1999 1368 53.6 25.5 11.5
2000 1426 54.6 26.1 10.9
2001 1420 59.0 24.1 10.2
2002 1512 57.1 26.5 13.3
2003 1512 57.1 26.5 13.3
2004 1506 57.2 26.3 17.1
2005 1438 55.5 25.9 15.8
2006 1390 55.0 25.3 19.4
2007 1364 52.6 25.9 19.3
2008 1406 61.8 22.8 17.7
2009 1430 53.9 23.9 20.1
2010 1405 54.0 26.0 20.7
2011 1345 n/a n/a 22.3
2012 1319 48.6 27.1 n/a
2013 1386 51.9 26.7 23.4
2014 1424 52.4 27.1 28.2
2015 1396 51.0 27.3 26.4
2016 1315 47.0 27.9 27.1
2017 1247 46.1 27.0 26.9
2018 1222 46.8 26.1 29.1
2019 1225 47.2 25.9 29.7
2020 1204 n/a n/a 30.5
2021 1145 44.0 26.0 25.2
2022 1057 42.2 25.0 32.9
2023 1140 44.9 25.3 38.9

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1086 45.0 24.1 n/a
1989 1016 46.8 21.7 n/a
1990 1011 44.7 22.6 n/a
1991 1054 41.6 25.3 n/a
1992 1084 42.3 25.6 8.2
1993 1106 46.8 23.6 8.9
1994 1113 46.4 24.0 10.2
1995 1044 40.7 25.7 10.1
1996 1044 40.7 25.7 10.1
1997 941 38.2 24.6 14.6
1998 1312 49.0 26.8 13.2
1999 1368 53.6 25.5 11.5
2000 1426 54.6 26.1 10.9
2001 1420 59.0 24.1 10.2
2002 1512 57.1 26.5 13.3
2003 1512 57.1 26.5 13.3
2004 1506 57.2 26.3 17.1
2005 1438 55.5 25.9 15.8
2006 1390 55.0 25.3 19.4
2007 1364 52.6 25.9 19.3
2008 1406 61.8 22.8 17.7
2009 1430 53.9 23.9 20.1
2010 1405 54.0 26.0 20.7
2011 1345 n/a n/a 22.3
2012 1319 48.6 27.1 n/a
2013 1386 51.9 26.7 23.4
2014 1424 52.4 27.1 28.2
2015 1396 51.0 27.3 26.4
2016 1315 47.0 27.9 27.1
2017 1247 46.1 27.0 26.9
2018 1222 46.8 26.1 29.1
2019 1225 47.2 25.9 29.7
2020 1204 n/a n/a 30.5
2021 1145 44.0 26.0 25.2
2022 1057 42.2 25.0 32.9
2023 1140 44.9 25.3 38.9

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valley View Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,398

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Valley View Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 899th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1155th of 2802 Middle schools
 8.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley View Middle)49.150.6
 1.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Simi Valley Unified)51.545.9
 5.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Valley View Middle)4842.3
 5.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Simi Valley Unified)45.333.2
 12.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley View Middle)46.747.3
 0.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Simi Valley Unified)49.547.3
 2.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Valley View Middle)41.631
 10.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Simi Valley Unified)40.433
 7.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley View Middle)49.138.6
 10.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Simi Valley Unified)49.342.9
 6.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Valley View Middle)43.524.2
 19.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Simi Valley Unified)39.428.1
 11.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Valley View Middle)41.623.2
 18.4%
   8th Grade Science (Simi Valley Unified)37.526.7
 10.8%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12251140
 6.9%
African American918
 100%
American Indian23
 50%
Asian153125
 18.3%
Hispanic387407
 5.2%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White618520
 15.9%
Two or More Races5564
 16.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients29.7%38.9%
 9.1%


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Valley View Middle ranks 1219th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Valley View Middle are 46% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Students who attend Valley View Middle usually go on to attend Simi Valley High

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,140 students attended Valley View Middle.


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