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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Valencia Park Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN DIEGO UNIFIED·NCES 063432005563
Valencia Park Elementary
5880 Skyline Dr., San Diego, CA 92114 · (619) 344-3500 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
23.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
343 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 98 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 75% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
34.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
36.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 21.6% | 28.8% | 37.3% |
| Math | 14.7% | 21.7% | 31.9% | 31.9% |
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 | 34.0% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 29.3% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 41.3% |
| 2017-18 | 40.3% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 31.4% | 37.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Valencia Park Elementary
Valencia Park Elementary's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Park Elementary this school | 393 | 87.3% | 32.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Bellflower | 457 | 87.3% | 39.4% |
| Taylor Leadership Academy Stockton | 397 | 85.6% | 16.5% |
| Palms Elementary Lakewood | 463 | 82.3% | 42.4% |
| Aloha Elementary Lakewood | 302 | 88.1% | 38.8% |
| John Marshall Elementary Stockton | 394 | 81.7% | 9.0% |
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 Valencia Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #3,214 of 5,151 | #277 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #2,610 of 5,172 ▲ 516 | #231 of 393 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,561 of 5,172 ▲ 69 | #298 of 393 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #1,953 of 5,116 | #121 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,783 of 5,915 | #288 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,081 of 5,352 | #211 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #2,274 of 5,354 | #233 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #1,432 of 5,625 | #64 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #1,081 of 3,837 | #73 of 279 |
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
393
-45 (-10%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 1,214
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 393 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 87% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 86% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 91% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 89% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 20.6 | 24.8:1 | 89% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 22 | 23.5:1 | 94% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 88% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 86% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 1,214 | 51 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valencia Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (511 to 393); teachers down 17% (20.6 to 17).
About Valencia Park Elementary
Valencia Park Elementary is a small elementary school in San Diego, California, under San Diego Unified. School enrollment was 393 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
The district for Valencia Park Elementary is San Diego Unified, with 174 schools and 94,828 students.
A majority of students at Valencia Park Elementary, 63%, are Hispanic. Next come 16% Black, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Valencia Park Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Its 17 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 23.1:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. Public schools in San Diego County average 54%.
Valencia Park Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Valencia Park Elementary would score about 28.4%. It scores 32.6%, 4.2 points above that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 766 public schools operate in San Diego County, serving about 467,437 students.
The O'Farrell Charter is located about 0.3 miles from Valencia Park Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Valencia Park Elementary comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Valencia Park Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 438 to 393 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 20.9:1 to 23.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
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Other Valencia Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Valencia Park Elementary. Valencia Park Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valencia Park ElementaryFullerton, CA · 398 students
Nearby schools
- The O'Farrell Charter0.3 mi · 1,862
- Ingenuity Charter0.3 mi · 188
- Nye Elementary0.4 mi · 385
- Lincoln High1.1 mi · 1,487
- Ira Harbison1.1 mi · 393
- KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy1.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Valencia Park ElementaryHow many students attend Valencia Park Elementary?
Valencia Park Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Valencia Park Elementary serve?
Valencia Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valencia Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valencia Park Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Valencia Park Elementary?
Valencia Park Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 63% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Valencia Park Elementary?
Valencia Park Elementary is overseen by San Diego Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.