Valinda School of Academics

Valinda School of Academics is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Valinda, California, part of Hacienda la Puente Unified, with 306 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Valinda School of Academics is one of 35 schools operated by Hacienda la Puente Unified, a district that works with 16,260 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Valinda School of Academics lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at Valinda School of Academics qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Valinda School of Academics tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Valinda School of Academics is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Wing Lane Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valinda School of Academics. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valinda School of Academics at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valinda School of Academics has ticked down 44%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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