Valley View Elementary

Valley View Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in La Crescenta, California, run under Glendale Unified, serveing 461 students in grades K through 6.

Glendale Unified comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 25,294 students; Valley View Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Valley View Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 34% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Valley View Elementary records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valley View Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.1%; actual is 79.2%, +23.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Valley View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Anderson W. Clark Magnet High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Valley View Elementary's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 461). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.