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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060627010767
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus
1665 Blackstone Pkwy., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · (530) 672-3890 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
100 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (96).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +34.5pp since 2014
Math
64.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 34 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.6% | 36.9% | 18.1% | 9.4% |
| Math | 38.7% | 25.7% | 21.8% | 13.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.6% | 67.7% |
| 2022-23 | 66.2% | 63.7% |
| 2021-22 | 65.4% | 54.5% |
| 2018-19 | 73.7% | 60.7% |
| 2017-18 | 68.2% | 57.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.9% | 56.9% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charter Montessori Valley View Campus
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Montessori Valley View Campus this school | 692 | 14.5% | 69.7% |
| Twelve Bridges Elementary Lincoln | 744 | 13.0% | 66.4% |
| Roy Cloud Elementary Redwood City | 636 | 14.5% | 62.9% |
| Jerabek Elementary San Diego | 718 | 16.3% | 84.5% |
| Lang Ranch Thousand Oaks | 723 | 18.7% | 80.1% |
| Chaparral Elementary Ladera Ranch | 604 | 18.0% | 84.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charter Montessori Valley View Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #665 of 5,151 | #5 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #856 of 5,172 ▼ 152 | #9 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #628 of 5,172 ▼ 147 | #6 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #821 of 5,116 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #798 of 5,915 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #3,821 of 5,352 | #17 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,542 of 5,354 | #2 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #5,339 of 5,625 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.8% | #115 of 1,139 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
692
+64 (+10%) vs 2020
+374% since 2010-11, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 692 | 28.7 | 24.1:1 | 14% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 29.1 | 24.1:1 | 15% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 30.6 | 22.7:1 | 16% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 20 | 26.1:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 11 | 25.7:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 146 | N/A | N/A | 16% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charter Montessori Valley View Campus.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (521 to 692); teachers up 44% (20 to 28.7).
About Charter Montessori Valley View Campus
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus is a mid-sized elementary school in El Dorado Hills, California, one of the schools in Buckeye Union Elementary. Its enrollment is 692 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 49% larger than that mark.
Buckeye Union Elementary has 9 schools; together they serve 4,151 students.
The share of White students at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus is 56%, a majority. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 11% multiracial. For comparison, the population of El Dorado County is roughly 78% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 28.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 24.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Roughly 14% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in El Dorado County, the average is 32%.
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Charter Montessori Valley View Campus is 1.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 69.7% actual, 71.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In El Dorado County, the median household earns about $108,845 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. El Dorado County has 69 public schools with about 34,706 students, including Charter Montessori Valley View Campus.
The closest school to Charter Montessori Valley View Campus is Rising Sun Montessori, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Charter Montessori Valley View Campus's average proficiency of 69.7% compares with 79.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The school's student count rose 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 20.3 in 2020-21 to 24.1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Union Elementary
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Camerado Springs MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Blue Oak ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Silva Valley ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Oak Meadow ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- William Brooks ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other schools in El Dorado Hills
- CottonwoodCombined · 3,563 students
- Clarksville CharterCombined · 2,347 students
- Oak Ridge HighHigh · 2,346 students
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado HillsCombined · 1,580 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Marina Village MiddleMiddle · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Rising Sun Montessori0.7 mi · 155
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado Hills0.7 mi · 1,580
- Clarksville Charter1.2 mi · 2,347
- Cottonwood1.3 mi · 3,563
- Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter2.7 mi · 180
- Oak Meadow Elementary2.7 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Charter Montessori Valley View CampusHow large is Charter Montessori Valley View Campus?
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Charter Montessori Valley View Campus serve?
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus.
What is the student diversity at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus?
Student demographics at Charter Montessori Valley View Campus are roughly 56% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Charter Montessori Valley View Campus in?
Charter Montessori Valley View Campus is part of Buckeye Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.