Valley Oak Middle

Summary:

Valley Oak Middle is a public middle school located in Visalia, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 946 students. The school is part of the Visalia Unified School District, which is ranked 894 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valley Oak Middle consistently performs below the Visalia Unified and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels and years. For example, in 2023-2024, only 35.5% of Valley Oak Middle students were proficient or better in ELA/Literacy, compared to 43.55% for Visalia Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, only 13.15% of Valley Oak Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 27.98% for Visalia Unified and 35.54% for California. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also below the district and state averages, with only 14.54% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 23.45% for Visalia Unified and 30.7% for California. Valley Oak Middle's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, ranking particularly low for Asian, White, and Multi-racial students, as well as for students with disabilities.

Despite the school's overall academic challenges, Valley Oak Middle performs relatively well for its Homeless student population, ranking 64 out of 394 California middle schools in 2023-2024. This indicates the school may be providing effective support and resources for its Homeless students, which could serve as a model for supporting other underperforming student subgroups. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.3% in 2017-2018 to 38.5% in 2021-2022, before slightly improving to 17.0% in 2022-2023. This high chronic absenteeism rate is a concern and may be contributing to the school's overall academic underperformance.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 2000 North Lovers Ln.
       Visalia, CA  93292-3104


(559) 730-7681

District: Visalia Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1991st of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,978 Help


Students who attend Valley Oak Middle usually attend:

High:    Golden West High

Feeder schools for Valley Oak Middle:

Elementary:    Elbow Creek Elementary
    Four Creeks Elementary
    Golden Oak Elementary
    Ivanhoe Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  32.1 Help
Number of students:  930

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
77.3%
White:
14.2%
Two or more races:
3.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Valley Oak Middle ranks worse than 71.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 5 ranked middle schools in the Visalia Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.99. (See more...)
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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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (77.3%), White (14.2%), two or more races (3.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Valley Oak Middle is 32.1, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Visalia Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Valley Oak Middle is $6,978. 2 middle schools in the Visalia Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Valley Oak Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Valley Oak Middle 1991st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Valley Oak Middle in the ranking list.)

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Visalia Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Visalia Unified 894th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Valley Oak Middle

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Rank History for all students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 36.49 1048th 1769 40.8%
2005 32.53 1163rd 1777 34.6%
2006 35.23 1138th 1804 36.9%
2007 28.62 1431st 1999 28.4%
2008 40.10 1151st 2005 42.6%
2009 57.00 817th 2063 60.4%
2010 63.31 699th 2179 67.9%
2011 70.34 533rd 2236 76.2%
2012 66.87 648th 2259 71.3%
2013 73.56 493rd 2379 79.3%
2015 55.48 962nd 2477 61.2%
2016 44.49 1260th 2497 49.5%
2017 37.90 1455th 2508 42.0%
2018 35.69 1500th 2480 39.5%
2019 39.38 1466th 2715 46.0%
2022 30.61 1753rd 2740 36.0%
2023 29.55 1835th 2802 34.5%
2024 25.99 1991st 2777 28.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.20 495th 554 10.6%
2022 13.56 574th 665 13.7%
2023 15.46 572nd 678 15.6%
2024 20.02 568th 699 18.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.92 786th 1364 42.4%
2019 35.95 839th 1442 41.8%
2022 32.94 1087th 1540 29.4%
2023 41.86 699th 1529 54.3%
2024 38.74 780th 1477 47.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.72 1091st 1538 29.1%
2024 30.42 1084th 1550 30.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.95 1293rd 2230 42.0%
2019 49.53 1029th 2369 56.6%
2022 34.23 1528th 2458 37.8%
2023 32.11 1679th 2549 34.1%
2024 30.89 1738th 2575 32.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 69.95 70th 336 79.2%
2024 70.70 64th 394 83.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.18 1451st 2262 35.9%
2019 40.68 1306th 2380 45.1%
2022 32.99 1562nd 2509 37.7%
2023 29.80 1660th 2547 34.8%
2024 25.26 1890th 2546 25.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.48 820th 1369 40.1%
2019 24.28 1237th 1491 17.0%
2022 23.73 1309th 1531 14.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.48 1385th 2273 39.1%
2019 35.69 1435th 2407 40.4%
2022 28.62 1708th 2527 32.4%
2023 29.14 1699th 2558 33.6%
2024 26.08 1821st 2547 28.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.06 660th 700 5.7%
2019 9.67 678th 745 9.0%
2022 19.29 607th 733 17.2%
2023 13.44 626th 718 12.8%
2024 15.46 628th 741 15.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.08 1157th 2072 44.2%
2019 45.85 1062nd 2213 52.0%
2022 34.34 1480th 2359 37.3%
2023 35.38 1439th 2391 39.8%
2024 31.21 1600th 2383 32.9%
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Rank History for White students at Valley Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.53 838th 1496 44.0%
2019 38.41 986th 1602 38.5%
2022 32.71 1050th 1555 32.5%
2023 23.65 1196th 1552 22.9%
2024 13.68 1360th 1535 11.4%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Valley Oak Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 526 10 34 307 11 n/a n/a 0 888
1989 540 10 39 345 13 n/a n/a 0 947
1990 584 15 46 364 11 n/a n/a 0 1020
1991 641 20 60 381 10 n/a n/a 0 1112
1992 630 20 57 434 16 n/a n/a 0 1157
1993 672 22 72 483 18 n/a n/a 0 1267
1994 736 22 79 510 16 n/a n/a 0 1363
1995 563 12 75 438 7 n/a n/a 0 1095
1996 563 12 75 438 7 n/a n/a 0 1095
1997 556 13 72 463 14 n/a n/a 0 1118
1998 564 15 67 436 13 n/a n/a 0 1095
1999 584 18 67 446 11 n/a n/a 0 1126
2000 550 22 56 491 10 n/a n/a 0 1129
2001 556 22 59 491 15 n/a n/a 0 1143
2002 491 29 54 545 9 n/a n/a 0 1128
2003 491 29 54 545 9 n/a n/a 0 1128
2004 483 23 47 589 8 n/a n/a 0 1150
2005 488 18 58 627 6 n/a n/a 0 1197
2006 371 19 53 601 12 n/a n/a 0 1056
2007 308 21 38 603 15 n/a n/a 0 985
2008 297 13 43 606 13 n/a n/a 0 972
2009 279 16 51 587 23 1 1 0 958
2010 225 13 38 624 19 1 7 0 927
2011 210 18 32 614 20 0 7 0 901
2012 222 18 35 639 21 0 10 0 945
2013 210 14 35 658 13 0 14 0 944
2014 194 15 42 635 14 1 16 0 917
2015 169 14 45 691 15 2 13 0 949
2016 178 10 23 679 7 2 19 0 918
2017 164 7 24 678 9 2 16 0 900
2018 168 9 29 705 9 1 27 0 948
2019 165 13 31 700 5 1 31 0 946
2020 131 17 39 691 6 1 30 0 915
2021 108 23 39 710 5 0 41 0 926
2022 113 13 32 707 6 0 37 0 908
2023 123 8 32 742 5 0 36 0 946
2024 132 15 30 719 3 0 31 0 930

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 Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 888 37.1 23.9 n/a
1989 947 38.5 24.5 n/a
1990 1020 43.5 23.4 n/a
1991 1112 45.9 24.2 n/a
1992 1157 46.6 24.8 26.2
1993 1267 47.0 27.0 42.1
1994 1363 50.5 27.0 42.8
1995 1095 47.8 22.9 35.7
1996 1095 47.8 22.9 35.7
1997 1118 48.1 23.2 48.9
1998 1095 48.3 22.7 35.6
1999 1126 49.4 22.8 50
2000 1129 49.8 22.7 50.1
2001 1143 48.5 23.6 52.8
2002 1128 49.4 22.8 48.5
2003 1128 49.4 22.8 48.5
2004 1150 44.0 26.1 53.8
2005 1197 46.1 26.0 54.3
2006 1056 47.0 22.5 56.3
2007 985 41.0 24.0 56.8
2008 972 42.4 22.9 65
2009 958 37.8 21.9 66
2010 927 39.7 23.3 71.6
2011 901 n/a n/a 69.6
2012 945 35.9 26.3 n/a
2013 944 36.2 26.0 69.9
2014 917 38.2 23.9 70.9
2015 949 37.0 25.6 73.6
2016 918 36.0 25.5 71.4
2017 900 35.5 25.3 70.6
2018 948 33.1 28.6 72.9
2019 946 41.4 22.8 76.3
2020 915 n/a n/a 78.8
2021 926 38.4 24.1 75.5
2022 908 39.0 23.2 71.9
2023 946 40.7 23.2 73.3
2024 930 28.9 32.1 74.2

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 Valley Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 888 37.1 23.9 n/a
1989 947 38.5 24.5 n/a
1990 1020 43.5 23.4 n/a
1991 1112 45.9 24.2 n/a
1992 1157 46.6 24.8 26.2
1993 1267 47.0 27.0 42.1
1994 1363 50.5 27.0 42.8
1995 1095 47.8 22.9 35.7
1996 1095 47.8 22.9 35.7
1997 1118 48.1 23.2 48.9
1998 1095 48.3 22.7 35.6
1999 1126 49.4 22.8 50
2000 1129 49.8 22.7 50.1
2001 1143 48.5 23.6 52.8
2002 1128 49.4 22.8 48.5
2003 1128 49.4 22.8 48.5
2004 1150 44.0 26.1 53.8
2005 1197 46.1 26.0 54.3
2006 1056 47.0 22.5 56.3
2007 985 41.0 24.0 56.8
2008 972 42.4 22.9 65
2009 958 37.8 21.9 66
2010 927 39.7 23.3 71.6
2011 901 n/a n/a 69.6
2012 945 35.9 26.3 n/a
2013 944 36.2 26.0 69.9
2014 917 38.2 23.9 70.9
2015 949 37.0 25.6 73.6
2016 918 36.0 25.5 71.4
2017 900 35.5 25.3 70.6
2018 948 33.1 28.6 72.9
2019 946 41.4 22.8 76.3
2020 915 n/a n/a 78.8
2021 926 38.4 24.1 75.5
2022 908 39.0 23.2 71.9
2023 946 40.7 23.2 73.3
2024 930 28.9 32.1 74.2

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Valley Oak Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,978

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Valley Oak Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1466th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1835th of 2802 Middle schools
 11.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley Oak Middle)50.136.3
 13.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Visalia Unified)5542.6
 12.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Valley Oak Middle)28.717.8
 10.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Visalia Unified)3022.3
 7.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Valley Oak Middle)41.333
 8.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Visalia Unified)52.536.3
 16.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Valley Oak Middle)25.414.2
 11.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Visalia Unified)33.221.2
 12%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Valley Oak Middle)22.319.8
 2.5%
   8th Grade Science (Visalia Unified)29.322.2
 7.1%
   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 Students946946
African American138
 38.5%
American Indian55
Asian3132
 3.2%
Hispanic700742
 6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White165123
 25.5%
Two or More Races3136
 16.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.3%73.3%
 3.1%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 930 students attended Valley Oak Middle.

Students at Valley Oak Middle are 77% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% African American.

Valley Oak Middle ranks 1991st of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Valley Oak Middle usually go on to attend Golden West High


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