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If you had an hour of school board time for Valley View Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907000929
Valley View Elementary
85-270 Valley Rd., Coachella, CA 92236 · (760) 398-4651 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
23.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
568 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
34.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.8pp since 2014
Math
27.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 22.2% | 24.4% | 40.7% |
| Math | 10.7% | 16.9% | 26.7% | 45.8% |
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 | 34.8% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 13.6% |
| 2020-21 | 19.3% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 32.5% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 21.0% |
| 2016-17 | 27.4% | 17.9% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Valley View Elementary
Valley View Elementary's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Elementary this school | 603 | 94.2% | 28.9% |
| Alisal Community Salinas | 591 | 94.2% | 33.7% |
| Rockwood Elementary Calexico | 617 | 94.3% | 14.9% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Salinas | 628 | 95.1% | 29.2% |
| Dool Elementary Calexico | 568 | 93.7% | 14.9% |
| McKinna Elementary Oxnard | 577 | 92.9% | 17.8% |
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 Valley View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #3,651 of 5,151 | #181 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,471 of 5,172 ▲ 285 | #150 of 283 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,454 of 5,172 ▲ 411 | #176 of 283 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.6pp | #334 of 5,116 | #10 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #1,368 of 5,915 | #169 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,694 of 5,352 | #185 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.3% | #5,337 of 5,354 | #292 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #551 of 5,625 | #23 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #2,815 of 3,837 | #161 of 207 |
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
603
-70 (-10%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 603 | 25.2 | 23.9:1 | 94% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 26.4 | 22.5:1 | 93% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 29.4 | 21.0:1 | 94% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 29 | 23.2:1 | 94% (631) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 30.1 | 22.0:1 | 93% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 34 | 23.2:1 | 96% (755) |
| 2010-11 | 770 | N/A | N/A | 94% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 36 | 22.0:1 | 92% (727) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 26 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (663 to 603); teachers down 16% (30.1 to 25.2).
About Valley View Elementary
Valley View Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Coachella, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 603 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 30% larger than that.
Coachella Valley Unified enrolls 15,817 students, and its 21 schools include Valley View Elementary.
At Valley View Elementary, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 48 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Valley View Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 1%.
Valley View Elementary operates with 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 23.9:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Valley View Elementary reports 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 20 points above the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County.
The allk12 Grade for Valley View Elementary is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Valley View Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.9% and a predicted 24.4%.
Federal survey data for Riverside County show that median household income is about $93,074, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 543 public schools operate in Riverside County, serving about 424,872 students.
Bobby Duke Middle is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Valley View Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.4%, higher than Valley View Elementary's 28.9%.
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 student count in 2024-25 was 603, 10% below the 673 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Valley View Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Coachella
- Imagine Schools Riverside CountyElementary · 1,454 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior HighMiddle · 668 students
- Valle del Sol ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Bobby Duke MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Cesar Chavez ElementaryElementary · 622 students
Other Valley View Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 17 states are named Valley View Elementary. Valley View Elementary is the 8th largest of the 36.
- Valley View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 675 students
- Valley View ElementaryLancaster, CA · 659 students
- Valley View ElementaryPleasanton, CA · 629 students
- Valley View ElementaryNuevo, CA · 554 students
- Valley View ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Bobby Duke Middle0.5 mi · 648
- Peter Pendleton Elementary0.6 mi · 499
- NOVA Academy - Coachella0.7 mi · 235
- Palm View Elementary0.7 mi · 561
- Valle del Sol Elementary1.2 mi · 649
- Coral Mountain Academy1.4 mi · 815
Frequently asked questions
About Valley View ElementaryHow large is Valley View Elementary?
Valley View Elementary enrolls approximately 603 students in grades KG-06.
Is Valley View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valley View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley View Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Valley View Elementary?
Valley View Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Valley View Elementary in?
Valley View Elementary is part of Coachella Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.