Valley High

Located at 6300 Ehrhardt Ave., in Sacramento, California, Valley High is a sizable senior high that educates 1,622 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Elk Grove Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Valley High sits 94% above that benchmark.

Elk Grove Unified runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 63,232 students. Valley High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Valley High records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Asian, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Valley High has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valley High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 27.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Valley High is one.

John Reith Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valley High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley High has edged up 4%, going from 1,556 students in 2018 to 1,622 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 20% to 11% over that span.

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