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Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED·NCES 061632502068
Valinda School of Academics
1030 Indian Summer Ave., Valinda, CA 91744 · (626) 933-4700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
20.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
238 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
39.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
30.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.0% | 22.2% | 23.5% | 37.3% |
| Math | 10.5% | 20.4% | 27.6% | 41.5% |
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 | 39.2% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.2% | 21.8% |
| 2018-19 | 41.3% | 28.6% |
| 2017-18 | 39.6% | 31.2% |
| 2016-17 | 39.2% | 26.5% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Valinda School of Academics
Valinda School of Academics's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valinda School of Academics this school | 306 | 77.8% | 31.9% |
| John H. Nuffer Elementary Norwalk | 316 | 78.5% | 27.1% |
| City Terrace Elementary Los Angeles | 313 | 78.6% | 56.3% |
| Paddison Elementary Norwalk | 296 | 79.7% | 55.3% |
| Lassalette La Puente | 279 | 77.4% | 29.3% |
| Palomar Elementary Chula Vista | 319 | 77.7% | 55.8% |
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 Valinda School of Academics ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,278 of 5,151 | #820 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,134 of 5,172 ▲ 706 | #822 of 1,129 ▲ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #3,009 of 5,172 ▲ 110 | #725 of 1,129 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,366 of 5,116 | #416 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #4,707 of 5,915 | #1,044 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,144 of 5,352 | #351 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #4,318 of 5,354 | #837 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #2,385 of 5,625 | #749 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.5% | #85 of 3,837 | #43 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
306
-244 (-44%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 78% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 23.2 | 21.7:1 | 83% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 24.2 | 21.2:1 | 71% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 26 | 21.1:1 | 81% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 24.5 | 22.1:1 | 80% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 85% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | N/A | N/A | 88% (537) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 33 | 22.7:1 | 67% (500) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 28 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valinda School of Academics.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (542 to 306); teachers down 39% (24.5 to 15).
About Valinda School of Academics
The public elementary school Valinda School of Academics is located in Valinda, California. It has an enrollment of 306 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 34% below that mark.
The 35 schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified enroll 16,260 students altogether, Valinda School of Academics among them.
Valinda School of Academics is 88% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% Asian and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. The diversity index for Valinda School of Academics is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.9 students per teacher. Roughly 78% of students at Valinda School of Academics can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 8 points lower.
Valinda School of Academics earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Valinda School of Academics is -2.0 points: 31.9% actual, 34.0% predicted.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Valinda School of Academics, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Valinda School of Academics from the closest public school, Wing Lane Elementary. The five-mile area around Valinda School of Academics holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 31.8% on proficiency, and Valinda School of Academics is above that at 31.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 550 for 2020-21 and 306 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Valinda School of Academics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
Other schools in Valinda
- Grandview College Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 388 students
- Wing Lane ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Wing Lane Elementary0.6 mi · 384
- Grandview College Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 388
- William Workman High0.7 mi · 723
- Del Valle Elementary0.9 mi · 212
- Fairgrove Academy1.0 mi · 749
- Baldwin Academy1.1 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Valinda School of AcademicsWhat is the total enrollment at Valinda School of Academics?
Valinda School of Academics enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Valinda School of Academics serve?
Valinda School of Academics serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valinda School of Academics?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valinda School of Academics is approximately 20.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Valinda School of Academics?
Student demographics at Valinda School of Academics are roughly 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Valinda School of Academics in?
Valinda School of Academics is part of Hacienda la Puente Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.