Enrollment
191
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY HOME JOINT ELEMENTARY·NCES 064080006742
Valley Home Elementary
13231 Pioneer Ave., Valley Home, CA 95361 · (209) 847-0117 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.2:1
9 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
65 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
32.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.5pp since 2014
Math
31.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.8pp 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 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 23.8% | 27.0% | 40.5% |
| Math | 11.9% | 19.8% | 29.4% | 38.9% |
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% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 26.6% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 26.8% |
| 2020-21 | 51.1% | 30.8% |
| 2018-19 | 30.2% | 31.3% |
| 2017-18 | 41.8% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 34.8% | 28.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Valley Home Elementary
Valley Home Elementary's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Home Elementary this school | 191 | 34.0% | 30.4% |
| Plaza Elementary Orland | 215 | 29.8% | 63.1% |
| Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary Santa Cruz | 214 | 30.4% | 43.2% |
| Creekside Early Learning Center Alpine | 227 | 33.9% | N/A |
| Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy Waterford | 169 | 36.7% | 51.8% |
| Saint Helena Primary St. Helena | 193 | 28.0% | N/A |
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 Valley Home Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,453 of 5,151 | #51 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,045 of 5,172 ▲ 398 | #40 of 100 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,723 of 5,172 ▲ 11 | #60 of 100 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,389 of 5,116 | #22 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #5,385 of 5,915 | #98 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #4,600 of 5,625 | #102 of 105 |
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
191
+47 (+33%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 191 | 9 | 21.2:1 | 34% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 9 | 20.7:1 | 44% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 9 | 18.8:1 | 31% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 9 | 16.0:1 | 36% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 9 | 18.6:1 | 53% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | 7 | 21.0:1 | 52% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | N/A | N/A | 55% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 166 | 7 | 23.7:1 | 51% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 6 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Home Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (167 to 191); teachers unchanged (9 to 9).
About Valley Home Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Valley Home, California, Valley Home Elementary is part of Valley Home Joint Elementary. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 191 students. It has 59% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Valley Home Joint Elementary is responsible for Valley Home Elementary.
About 57% of the student body at Valley Home Elementary is White. Other groups make up 38% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Stanislaus County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Home Elementary is 21.2:1, based on 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 71%.
Valley Home Elementary 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 15% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 59.6% for Valley Home Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 30.4%. The 29.2-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
The school's county is Stanislaus County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 190 public schools in the county, enrolling about 106,477, Valley Home Elementary among them.
The closest school to Valley Home Elementary is Dent Elementary, located about 4.5 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Valley Home Elementary. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Valley Home Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Valley Home Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 144 (2020-21) to 191 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.2:1.
This page is set up for the Valley Home Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Dent Elementary4.5 mi · 671
- Escalon High4.8 mi · 815
- Escalon Charter Academy4.8 mi · 368
- Vista High (Continuation)4.9 mi · 21
- Fair Oaks Elementary5.3 mi · 785
- El Portal Middle5.4 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Home ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Valley Home Elementary?
Valley Home Elementary enrolls approximately 191 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Valley Home Elementary serve?
Valley Home Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley Home Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Home Elementary is approximately 21.2:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Valley Home Elementary?
Valley Home Elementary reports a student body of 57% White, 38% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Valley Home Elementary in?
Valley Home Elementary is part of Valley Home Joint Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.