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What's one thing Mission Valley Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987012002
Mission Valley Elementary
1695 Bella Oaks Dr., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7396 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
23.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
411 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 149 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (149) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
41.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
33.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 23.0% | 29.3% | 28.8% |
| Math | 15.7% | 17.9% | 32.1% | 34.3% |
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 | 41.9% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 29.7% |
| 2020-21 | 33.7% | 20.9% |
| 2018-19 | 54.7% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 50.5% | 38.8% |
| 2016-17 | 48.4% | 42.7% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Mission Valley Elementary
Mission Valley Elementary's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Valley Elementary this school | 671 | 61.3% | 39.4% |
| Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary Merced | 722 | 59.6% | 38.0% |
| Crafton Elementary Redlands | 694 | 57.5% | 42.1% |
| Breeze Hill Elementary Vista | 742 | 65.0% | 46.5% |
| Peggy Heller Elementary Atwater | 712 | 63.8% | 41.5% |
| Manuel F. Hernandez Visalia | 707 | 59.0% | 48.3% |
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 Mission Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,546 of 5,151 | #30 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #2,870 of 5,172 ▼ 492 | #36 of 102 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,732 of 5,172 ▼ 368 | #35 of 102 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #2,953 of 5,116 | #84 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #891 of 5,915 | #11 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,629 of 5,352 | #76 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #2,484 of 5,354 | #10 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #3,423 of 5,625 | #89 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #2,739 of 3,837 | #48 of 77 |
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
671
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 963
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 671 | 28.1 | 23.9:1 | 61% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 29.6 | 23.6:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 29.7 | 24.3:1 | 61% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 26 | 25.6:1 | 54% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 29 | 25.6:1 | 53% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 33 | 24.6:1 | 51% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 963 | N/A | N/A | 50% (481) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (743 to 671); teachers down 3% (29 to 28.1).
About Mission Valley Elementary
Mission Valley Elementary is a public elementary school in Tulare, California. A federal count lists 671 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 44% bigger than that.
District-wide, Tulare City has 18 schools and 9,289 students.
A majority of students at Mission Valley Elementary, 64%, are Hispanic. Next come 23% White, 7% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 67% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Mission Valley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Mission Valley Elementary's 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.9:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Tulare County, the school's rate is lower.
Mission Valley Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mission Valley Elementary is 4.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.4% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
According to the American Community Survey, in Tulare County, median household income is about $71,300, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. A total of 196 public schools operate in Tulare County, serving about 101,494 students.
The next-closest public school is Liberty Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mission Valley Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 39.4% is above the 28.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Mission Valley Elementary the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 671, close to the 666 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mission Valley Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tulare City
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Frank Kohn ElementaryElementary · 617 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
Other Mission Valley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mission Valley Elementary. Mission Valley Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Mission Valley ElementaryFremont, CA · 375 students
- Mission Valley Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 604 students
- Mission Valley Elementary SchoolVICTORIA, TX · 239 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryEskridge, KS · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Elementary0.9 mi · 861
- Live Oak Middle1.0 mi · 458
- Accelerated Charter High1.4 mi · 152
- Garden Elementary1.5 mi · 689
- Cherry Avenue Middle1.5 mi · 483
- Wilson Elementary1.9 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Valley Elementary?
Mission Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 671 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mission Valley Elementary serve?
Mission Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mission Valley Elementary?
Approximately 23.9:1 students per teacher at Mission Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Valley Elementary?
At Mission Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 64% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mission Valley Elementary in?
Mission Valley Elementary is part of Tulare City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.