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Does Valerio Street Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003415
Valerio Street Elementary
15035 Valerio St., Van Nuys, CA 91405 · (818) 785-8683 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
21.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
629 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 152 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (152) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Valerio Street Elementary→Robert Fulton College Preparatory
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.5pp since 2014
Math
24.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 18.0% | 23.1% | 44.4% |
| Math | 8.3% | 16.5% | 29.4% | 45.9% |
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 | 32.5% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.1% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 30.3% | 18.5% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 20.1% |
| 2017-18 | 29.1% | 21.9% |
| 2016-17 | 30.6% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Valerio Street Elementary
Valerio Street Elementary's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerio Street Elementary this school | 645 | 97.5% | 27.6% |
| Bassett Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 609 | 96.4% | 26.7% |
| Sylvan Park Elementary Van Nuys | 643 | 97.4% | 38.1% |
| Hart Street Elementary Canoga Park | 699 | 96.6% | 23.7% |
| Parkwood Elementary Madera | 635 | 96.5% | 30.1% |
| Greenleaf Oakland | 613 | 96.2% | 17.4% |
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 Valerio Street Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,795 of 5,151 | #943 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #3,795 of 5,172 ▲ 226 | #965 of 1,129 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,721 of 5,172 ▼ 215 | #912 of 1,129 ▼ 74 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,874 of 5,116 | #514 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,056 of 5,915 | #197 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,829 of 5,352 | #529 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #4,309 of 5,354 | #830 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #143 of 5,625 | #82 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #682 of 3,837 | #285 of 947 |
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
645
-117 (-15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,205
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 645 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 98% (629) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 97% (683) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 97% (691) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 33 | 23.1:1 | 97% (739) |
| 2017-18 | 897 | 37 | 24.2:1 | 94% (839) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 40 | 23.6:1 | 92% (869) |
| 2010-11 | 1,104 | N/A | N/A | 44% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 1,486 | 77 | 19.3:1 | 95% (1,416) |
| 1990-91 | 1,205 | 46 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valerio Street Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (897 to 645); teachers down 19% (37 to 30).
About Valerio Street Elementary
Valerio Street Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Van Nuys, California. It has an enrollment of 645 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified has 406,887 students spread across 784 schools.
Roughly 88% of students at Valerio Street Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% White, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The diversity index for Valerio Street Elementary is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Valerio Street Elementary, 98% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Valerio Street Elementary outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Valerio Street Elementary would score about 22.4%. It scores 27.6%, 5.2 points above that figure.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Valerio Street Elementary among them.
The closest school to Valerio Street Elementary is Lashon Academy, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Valerio Street Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 117 students, from 762 to 645. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.1:1 to 21.5:1.
The Valerio Street Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- Van Nuys Senior HighHigh · 1,969 students
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- Lashon Academy0.2 mi · 595
- Robert Fulton College Preparatory0.2 mi · 1,229
- Valley Charter Middle0.6 mi · 264
- Columbus Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 382
- Cohasset Street Elementary1.0 mi · 451
- Cal Burke High1.0 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About Valerio Street ElementaryHow large is Valerio Street Elementary?
Valerio Street Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Valerio Street Elementary serve?
Valerio Street Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Valerio Street Elementary?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Valerio Street Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Valerio Street Elementary?
Student demographics at Valerio Street Elementary are roughly 5% White, 88% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Valerio Street Elementary public or private?
Valerio Street Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.