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Which teacher or staff member at Rio del Valle Middle deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO ELEMENTARY·NCES 063276005089
Rio del Valle Middle
3100 Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93036 · (805) 485-3119 · Ventura County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
443 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 181 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 201 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 33% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
35.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
19.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 24.7% | 25.9% | 38.8% |
| Math | 6.8% | 13.1% | 25.6% | 54.6% |
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 | 35.2% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.1% | 18.4% |
| 2020-21 | 32.1% | 14.7% |
| 2018-19 | 36.6% | 20.3% |
| 2017-18 | 36.8% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 19.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Rio del Valle Middle
Rio del Valle Middle's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio del Valle Middle this school | 569 | 77.9% | 27.2% |
| Sparks Middle La Puente | 600 | 78.0% | 27.2% |
| Lakeside Middle Norwalk | 509 | 79.8% | 52.5% |
| John Gutierrez Middle Salinas | 568 | 80.5% | 23.6% |
| Hillview Middle Whittier | 643 | 75.3% | 46.0% |
| KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory Los Angeles | 529 | 76.6% | N/A |
Matched among California middle 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 Rio del Valle Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #824 of 1,224 | #19 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #869 of 1,227 ▼ 63 | #20 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #847 of 1,227 ▼ 31 | #18 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #713 of 1,214 | #18 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #823 of 1,377 | #25 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #333 of 1,279 | #5 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #1,105 of 1,278 | #22 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #587 of 1,329 | #7 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #225 of 930 | #12 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
569
-163 (-22%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
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 | 569 | 29.8 | 19.1:1 | 78% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 33.3 | 18.4:1 | 72% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 33.8 | 18.7:1 | 67% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 36 | 20.3:1 | 76% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 37.2 | 20.2:1 | 77% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 85% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | N/A | N/A | 67% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 56% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 24 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio del Valle Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (752 to 569); teachers down 20% (37.2 to 29.8).
About Rio del Valle Middle
Rio del Valle Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in Oxnard, California. The school reports 569 students in grades 6 through 8.
Rio del Valle Middle is one of 9 schools in Rio Elementary, which enrolls 5,250 students in total.
At Rio del Valle Middle, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. The remaining students are 4% Asian and 2% White. Among people living in Ventura County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. By the diversity index, Rio del Valle Middle comes in at 17%.
The school reports 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.1 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 78% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ventura County is 59%.
Rio del Valle Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Rio del Valle Middle's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 33.9%. Rio del Valle Middle scores 27.2%, 6.7 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ventura County show that median household income is about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 238 public schools in Ventura County, with a combined enrollment of about 147,841.
Rio Real Elementary is the public school closest to Rio del Valle Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Rio del Valle Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Rio del Valle Middle ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 27.2% versus a 28.2% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 569, 22% below the 732 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.3:1 to 19.1:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rio Elementary
- Rio del SolElementary · 839 students
- Rio Real ElementaryElementary · 794 students
- Rio Vista MiddleMiddle · 637 students
- Rio RosalesElementary · 557 students
- Rio Del MarElementary · 499 students
- Rio del NorteElementary · 495 students
Other schools in Oxnard
- Pacifica HighHigh · 2,675 students
- Oxnard HighHigh · 2,452 students
- Channel Islands HighHigh · 2,380 students
- Rio Mesa HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Hueneme HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Vista Real Charter HighHigh · 1,271 students
Nearby schools
- Rio Real Elementary0.4 mi · 794
- Rio Plaza Elementary0.5 mi · 455
- Rio Lindo Elementary0.9 mi · 405
- Rio Vista Middle1.0 mi · 637
- Rio Del Mar1.0 mi · 499
- Condor High1.2 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Rio del Valle MiddleHow many students attend Rio del Valle Middle?
Rio del Valle Middle enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rio del Valle Middle serve?
Rio del Valle Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rio del Valle Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rio del Valle Middle is approximately 19.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rio del Valle Middle?
At Rio del Valle Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rio del Valle Middle public or private?
Rio del Valle Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rio Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.