Valley View Elementary

Located at 3000 Crest Dr., in Rocklin, California, Valley View Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 414 students (grades K through 6), part of Rocklin Unified.

Valley View Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Rocklin Unified, a district that enrolls 11,579 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Valley View Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Valley View Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Placer County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Valley View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.5%, the actual is 77.6%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the broader community, Placer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Valley View Elementary is one.

Rocklin High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 60.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View Elementary has contracted 7%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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